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Cancer drug helps paralyzed mice walk

A bacterial toxin enables a mouse's injured spinal cord to heal.

 

References:

Wamil, A.W., B.D. Wamil, and C.G. Hellerqvist. 1998. CM101-mediated recovery of walking ability in adult mice paralyzed by spinal cord injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95(Oct. 27):13188.

 

Sources:

Arlene Chiu
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Division of Stroke, Trauma, and Neurodegenerative Disorders
Federal Building, Room 8A13
Bethesda, MD 20892

Carl G. Hellerqvist
Vanderbilt University
Department of Biochemistry
23rd at Pierce
634 MRBI
Nashville, TN 37232

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 18, October 31, 1998, p. 276.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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