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The study shows a way to repair destroyed nerves during peripheral neuropathy, opening up possibilities for new therapeutics to increase repair function. | Health
Get latest articles and stories on Science at LatestLY. Each year, more than 3 million people in the United States suffer from peripheral neuropathy, a condition in which nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord are destroyed, resulting in pain and loss of feeling in the afflicted areas. Diabetes, injuries, genetically inherited disease, infection, and other factors can all cause peripheral neuropathy. Science News | Researchers Give Insight into Repairing Nerve Cells After Injury, in Chronic Disease.
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E-Mail IMAGE: Researchers discovered a genetic marker that differed between spinal cord neurons that only had short connections (green) and those that had more long-range connections (purple). view more Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April 22, 2021) Spinal cord nerve cells branching through the body resemble trees with limbs fanning out in every direction. But this image can also be used to tell the story of how these neurons, their jobs becoming more specialized over time, arose through developmental and evolutionary history. Salk researchers have, for the first time, traced t...