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Blind Mice Can SeeAfter Scientists Regrow Nerves
22 May 2012, 9:00 pm
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Three blind mice (and a few more) are running a little bit better now, thanks to a group of scientists that were able to coax the nerves in their eyes to regrow.Larry benowitz, a professor of surgery and ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, has been working on nerve generation in mice for years. His latest experiment involves mice blinded in one eye after their optic nerves were artificially damaged.The technique for making the retinal ganglion cells grow again requires three elements. "It's a proof of principle that rewiring the visual system may be possible." - pb:
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