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Eye for Growth: New protein prompts optic nerve regrowth

By Christen Brownlee

- More than 2 years ago

A protein recently isolated from white blood cells could offer a new way to repair nerve cells damaged by injury or disease.

GROW FOR IT. A newly discovered protein called oncomodulin prompts injured rat-nerve cells to regrow significantly farther (top) toward the right than did cells not getting the protein (bottom).