Innate Mechanisms of Spinal Cord Regeneration
Valentina Cigliola, an assistant professor from Vanderbilt University’s Department of Pharmacology, presented a talk on “Innate Mechanisms of Spinal Cord Regeneration”.
Cigliola discussed zebrafish spinal regeneration and its potential applicability to humans. She highlighted that zebrafish, or Danio rerio, can regrow spinal neurons in under 10 weeks.
What’s striped, native to Southeast Asia and regrows spinal neurons in under 10 weeks? Zebrafish, or Danio rerio, could just be the key to unlocking regeneration in humans.
Her talk centered on understanding the innate mechanisms of spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish to induce regeneration in adult mammals.
Author's summary: Zebrafish may hold the key to human spinal regeneration.