Injuries that damage the spinal cord at the top of the neck can damage the nerve connections between the respiratory centre in the brain and the diaphragm muscles that we need to breathe normally.
Artificial ‘scaffolding' has been used to bridge spinal cord injuries in rats.
The cancer medicine Taxol has been used to treat spinal injury in rats.
Nerve cells made from a person's own skin suggest a novel way to treat spinal injury.
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