🔬 Targeting Sensory Nerves After Growth Plate Injuries May
Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: Medical Xpress · 1 min read · · Updated
What actually happened
In January this year, a team of Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators, led by pathologist Aaron W. James, MD, Ph.D., discovered that sensory neurons in skeletal tissue are constantly sensing their environment and quickly respond to injuries. In new research published in Science Translational Medicine, they describe how this response profoundly affects growth plates, the soft cartilage at the end of bones in children that support normal growth and development, and how they respond to targeted treatment in mice.
Key points
- In January this year, a team of Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators, led by pathologist Aaron W.
- , discovered that sensory neurons in skeletal tissue are constantly sensing their environment and quickly respond to injuries.
- In new research published in Science Translational Medicine, they describe how this response profoundly affects growth plates, the soft cartilage at the end of bones in children that support normal growth and development, and how they respond to targeted treatment in mice.
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