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.

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.

  • Rooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    1 year ago

    People who value the lives of small rodents over the lives of fellow human beings should have their heads checked, because their moral compass is seriously out of whack.

      • Rooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Their whole consciousness reduced down to moving forward and backwards in a toy car. Absolutely barbaric.

        You’re making it sound like they did it for funsies, rather than important research. Also, link please, this sounds like a massive breakthrough.