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'Rewired' Nerves Restore Ability to Walk

Promising research on mice raises hopes for human breakthrough

By Colleen Barry, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 7, 2008 1:40 PM CST

(Newser) – Scientists have figured out how mice that lose the ability to walk after a spinal-cord injury can regain it, a finding that could someday help human patients, Scientific American reports. When the long nerves that run from the brain to the base of the spine... Read full story »

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'Rewired' Nerves Restore Ability to Walk

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