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Aussie Scientists Discover Brain-Healing Mechanism

Posted by timothy on from the mother-of-invention dept.

MQBS writes "Researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered a way to make the brain heal itself. The article is a bit light on detail but it looks fairly important (at least to the unknowledgable about advanced neuroscience (like me)). I like the part about incrased memory... anyone care to be a complete GNU/Linux source code concordance ^_^?"

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  1. Call Me a Skeptic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting
    "The article is a bit light on detail ...."

    A bit light on detail, I suppose, is a nice way saying there is _no_ detail. Stem cell "contamination" in tissue from alternate sources (e.g., blood) is not uncommon, and would suggest that one must show that the cells are indeed neural stem cells and not of another known type. I also find it curious that the linked article is directed to discovery.com, while a peek at the current online issue of Nature Neuroscience doesn't mention this "breakthrough" at all.