Lamprey Genes That Repair Severed Spinal Cords Are Shared with Humans

Scientists in the U.S. have found that many of the genes that are involved in repairing spinal cord damage in an ancient species of fish are also active in the peripheral nervous system of mammals. The findings hint that it may one day be possible to harness the same genes to help repair nerve damage in humans.  The researchers, led by scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) of the Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, and the Feinstein Instit