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Scientists regenerate neurons that restore walking in mice after paralysis from spinal cord injury (phys.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Scientists regenerate neurons that restore walking in mice after paralysis from spinal cord injury::In a new study in mice, a team of researchers from UCLA, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Harvard University have uncovered a crucial component for restoring functional activity after spinal cord injury. The neuroscientists have shown that re-growing specific neurons back to their natural target regions led to recovery, while random regrowth was not effective.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Insurance: Nah we aren't gonna cover it. And for some reason our economical opinion trumps your own doctors medical opinion.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Yeahhhhhh here's the thing, a wheelchair costs fifty dollars, while the revolutionary treatment that will give you full use back is fifty ONE dollars...

So you see, there really is only one sensible option..." -every insurance company everywhere even if the prices were literal

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But but... If I can get back to work I can make the $1 whilst also getting back into the workforce and by extention the tax base providing a lifetime of benefit to the public and keep my family out of poverty..

Denied.

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