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Research shows way to improve stem cells' cartilage formation

(Medical Xpress)—Cartilage injuries are difficult to repair. Current surgical options generally involve taking a piece from another part of the injured joint and patching over the damaged area, but this ...

Jun 04, 2013

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Hope for spinal cord injuries: Coaxing damaged nerve cells to grow, send messages to the brain again

"An ailment not to be treated," read the prescription for a spinal cord injury on an Egyptian papyrus in 1,700 B.C. Not much has changed in the intervening millennia. Despite decades of research, modern medicine has made ...

Jun 11, 2013

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Blocking a protein could be key to treating spinal cord injuries

(Medical Xpress)—Queensland scientists will begin clinical trials of treatment for spinal cord injuries after discovering dramatic improvements in balance and coordination when blocking a protein.

Jun 06, 2013

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