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Scientists Discover How to Fix Nerve Damage Using Tiny Lab Brains

Photo: Trust "Tru" Katsande / Unsplash
Researchers created super-small brain and spinal cord systems in a laboratory that can actually send signals and make tiny muscles move! They found that our nerves naturally lose the ability to heal themselves as we grow up, but they figured out how to turn that healing power back on using a special medicine that already exists. This discovery could one day help people with spinal injuries walk again!
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