Voice of America: Experimental Drug Helps Mice With Spinal Cord Injuries

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Experimental Drug Helps Mice With Spinal Cord Injuries Jan 12th 2013, 16:31 Millions of people around the world suffer from severe spinal cord injuries that result in permanent loss of control of their arms or legs, or loss of bladder, bowel or sexual functions. Now, US researchers have developed an oral medication that offers hope that some of these lost functions could be regained. When given to laboratory mice shortly after a spinal cord injury, the drug restored the animals' mobility. The experimental drug, called LM11A-31, works by blocking the release of a ... Media files: E73145A8-3AD0-48A0-A8FB-63E25249C147_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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