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Study cites new gene linking nerve cells

Stanford Medical School researchers have discovered a key gene that controls the development of connections between the brain and the spinal cord. Scientists hope to combine the discovery with further stem-cell research, with the goal of one day giving doctors the power to re-grow spinal cord tissue in injured patients.
Biology Prof. Susan McConnell co-authored the report with research associate Bin Chen and graduate student Laura Schaevitz. Their findings were first...

http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=18990&repository=0001_article

posted @ Thursday, January 19, 2006 12:00 AM by host

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