Two New Regenerative Medicine Studies Offer Ways Damaged Hearts Can Repair Themselves

Heart Tissue You only get so much of it, but researchers are working to help the body regenerate damaged heart cells. Nephron via Wikimedia Perhaps it’s in the nature of regenerative medicine news to multiply. Earlier today stem cell researchers announced the first clinical trial using adult stem cells to treat a spinal cord injury [...]

Crab shells help spinal injury?

Material from crushed up crab and shrimp shells can restore electrical function to damaged guinea pig spinal cords, suggesting it may one day serve as a treatment for spinal cord injuries, according to a study published April 16th in the Journal of Experimental Biology. This paper is an “intriguing first step,” said Scott Whittemore, professor [...]

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