Three main causes for the inability of injured nerves of the central nervous system, or CNS, to regenerate have been known to date:<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough experimental approaches have been found in recent decades to address these individual aspects by therapeutic means, even combinatorial approaches have shown only little success,\u201d<\/em> says Professor Dietmar. \u201cSo there must be other yet unknown causes for why nerve fibers in the CNS don\u2019t regenerate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The research team, from Germany’s Ruhr University, report that CNS nerves release a protein at the injury site that attracts growing nerve fibres and thus keeps them entrapped there. This prevents them from growing in the right direction to bridge the injury.<\/p>\n Treatments targeting this protein may allow the spinal cord to better repair itself.<\/p>\n Read more\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n