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Drug that ‘repairs damage to the brain and spinal cord’ has been created by British scientists

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A drug created by British scientists could repair damage to the brain and spinal cord by improving messaging between cells.    Scientists led by Cambridge University created a synthetic version of a protein known as Cerebellin-1 that links brain messaging neurons together. The compound, called CPTX, acts like a ‘bridge’ where connections have been lost due … Read more

Polluted river waters in California are causing spinal deformities

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80 percent of fish sample collected from California’s San Joaquin River Delta have a permanent spinal deformity, which researchers believe was caused by farm wastewater Researchers in California’s central valley studied a collection of 1,000 minnows They found more than 80 percent of the small fish had a spinal deformity The deformity left the fish’s … Read more