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Activating This Nerve Cell Molecule Could Help Treat Spinal Cord Injury

Aberdeen University researchers – Dr. Wenlong Huang, Dr. Derryck Shewan, and Dr. Alba Guijarro-Belmar – found a novel way to repair injured spinal nerves. In experiments with rats, they achieved significant regrowth of the animals’ severed nerves when they activated a molecule found in nerve cells called Epac2. When nerves...