Thursday, January 29, 2009

Long Rodent to Recovery

In Spain, a new study found that stem cells can reverse paralysis in rats. The finding are very encouraging to the science and medical communities, but are being seen as a blow to opponents of stem cell research and people who hate rats.

Based on the data so far, doctors feel that there may soon be a therapy for people who have suffered a spinal cord injury and also have a tail.

They would have used mice, but as cute as they were, at the start of the research, no one had the heart to break their backs.

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