Microsurgery On Fruit Fly Brain Leads To New Insights Into Irreparable Nerve Injuries

Every year, millions of people are confronted with potentially irreparable brain or spinal cord injuries resulting from traffic accidents. Because the nerves in a damaged spinal cord cannot, or cannot fully, be repaired, the patient remains (partially) paralyzed. Now, scientists have successfully developed a simple model that enables the study of injured brain tissue.

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