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Scientists regenerate neurons that restore walking in mice after paralysis from spinal cord injury (phys.org)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Scientists regenerate neurons that restore walking in mice after paralysis from spinal cord injury::In a new study in mice, a team of researchers from UCLA, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Harvard University have uncovered a crucial component for restoring functional activity after spinal cord injury. The neuroscientists have shown that re-growing specific neurons back to their natural target regions led to recovery, while random regrowth was not effective.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is the right way to solve paralysis, not Elon-killing-monkeys.

[–] surewhynotlem 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Monkeys are the next step.

Well, probably dogs or cats first. But eventually monkeys.

"Professor: As a man enters his 18th decade, he thinks back on the mistakes he made in life. Amy: Like the heaps of the dead monkeys? Professor: Science can not move forward without heaps!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

180 years old?

[–] Astarii_Tyler 10 points 1 year ago

Its a futurama quote

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if only there were elon-killing-monkeys

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I hope they eat well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was done by Courtines‘ Team in Switzerland not Musk.

[–] plz1 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their comment was in relation to Neuralink being in the news about killing monkeys, recently, not attributing OP’s news to him.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I know, I’m referring to a separate story that used an implant to wirelessly transmit the signal to the spinal cord. They were killing a bunch of cats and monkeys as well for their research. But they approached this responsibly and got a working prototype that helped a patient to walk again: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65689580