Fixing Spinal Cord Injuries With ‘Dancing Molecules’ (IMAGE)

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Fixing Spinal Cord Injuries With ‘Dancing Molecules’

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In a new injectable therapy that repairs spinal cord injuries, molecules form nanofibers that ‘dance’ around, making communication with cells to repair the injured spinal cord more likely.

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