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Researchers in Sweden have experienced some success in reconnecting nerves across the severed spinal cords of rats. Although the technique probably does not apply to humans, it does break a major barrier.

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Scientists in Sweden are reporting today that they've had some success in repairing damage to severed spinal cords in rats. Surgeons created a bridge of nerves taken from elsewhere in the rat to replace a section of the spinal ...

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