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Stem Cells Cure Paralysed Rats

By Red Wolf

21 June 2006

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Scientists have used embryonic stem cells and a soup of nerve-friendly chemicals to not just bridge a damaged spinal cord but actually regrow the circuitry needed to move a muscle, helping partially paralysed rats walk

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