New insights into how axons grow could lead to effective therapies for blindness, paralysis

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Injuries to the nerves can blind or paralyze because adult nerve cells don't regenerate their connections. Now, a team of UConn School of Medicine researchers report in Development that at least a small population of nerve cells exist in everyone that could be coaxed to regrow, potentially restoring sight and movement.

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Bruce Rheume , Agniewszka Lukomska , Ephraim Trakhtenberg , Danielle Ellis , Jian Xing , Christopher Reeve Foundation , Uconn School Of Medicine , Christopher Reeve , Blindness , Erve , Aralysis , Rain , Ell , Entral Nervous System , Ene , Enes , Laucoma , Edicine , Itochondria , Yelin , Ervous System , Eurons , Ptic Neuritis , Esearch , Troke , Rauma ,

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