SC Regeneration (IMAGE)

Duke University

SC Regeneration

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Adult zebrafish are capable of regenerating their spinal cords after a complete severing injury. This close-up of the cells involved reveals supporting glial cells (shown in red) are first to cross the gap between the severed ends. Neuronal cells (green) soon follow. Duke Regeneration Next researchers discovered that a protein in the glia called connective tissue growth factor, or CTGF, is crucial for this process.

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Mayssa Mokalled and Kenneth Poss, Duke University

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