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Scientists regenerate neurons that restore walking in mice after paralysis from spinal cord injury (phys.org)
submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Scientists regenerate neurons that restore walking in mice after paralysis from spinal cord injury::In a new study in mice, a team of researchers from UCLA, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Harvard University have uncovered a crucial component for restoring functional activity after spinal cord injury. The neuroscientists have shown that re-growing specific neurons back to their natural target regions led to recovery, while random regrowth was not effective.

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[–] cooopsspace 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Insurance: Nah we aren't gonna cover it. And for some reason our economical opinion trumps your own doctors medical opinion.

[–] SARGEx117@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Yeahhhhhh here's the thing, a wheelchair costs fifty dollars, while the revolutionary treatment that will give you full use back is fifty ONE dollars...

So you see, there really is only one sensible option..." -every insurance company everywhere even if the prices were literal

[–] cooopsspace 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But but... If I can get back to work I can make the $1 whilst also getting back into the workforce and by extention the tax base providing a lifetime of benefit to the public and keep my family out of poverty..

Denied.

[–] figaro@lemdro.id 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What I've learned this means in practical terms is, "Wow! We are really good at healing mice!"

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well that’s great news for all the mice who can afford the treatment.

[–] figaro@lemdro.id 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah this treatment is only going to benefit the top 1% of mice in the end

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

I wonder if Basil would be rich enough…

[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is the right way to solve paralysis, not Elon-killing-monkeys.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Monkeys are the next step.

Well, probably dogs or cats first. But eventually monkeys.

"Professor: As a man enters his 18th decade, he thinks back on the mistakes he made in life. Amy: Like the heaps of the dead monkeys? Professor: Science can not move forward without heaps!"

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

180 years old?

[–] Astarii_Tyler@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Its a futurama quote

[–] Evilschnuff@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This was done by Courtines‘ Team in Switzerland not Musk.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Their comment was in relation to Neuralink being in the news about killing monkeys, recently, not attributing OP’s news to him.

[–] Evilschnuff@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

I know, I’m referring to a separate story that used an implant to wirelessly transmit the signal to the spinal cord. They were killing a bunch of cats and monkeys as well for their research. But they approached this responsibly and got a working prototype that helped a patient to walk again: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65689580