Cell Surprise Prepares the Way for Nerve Regeneration

Studies by researchers in the U.S. have overturned previous models of how immune cells clear-up the debris associated with damaged peripheral nerve cells, suggesting potential new targets for promoting nerve regeneration. Prior models have assumed that macrophages take on this key job of removing debris around the sites of nerve cell damage. The new studies, headed Richard Zigmond, Ph.D., professor of neurosciences, neurosurgery, and pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicin