Experiments to restore walking
July 26 , 2018
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- Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital have successfully revived the ability to walk in mice that were paralyzed after a spinal cord injury.
- It has been found that an injection with a small-molecule compound, CLP290, had the most potent effect.
- It enabling the paralyzed mice to regain stepping ability after four to five weeks of treatment.
- CLP290 is known to activate a protein called KCC2, found in cell membranes, that transports chloride out of neurons.
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