Congratulations to Mayssa Mokalled, PhD., Associate Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology and her lab on their research.
From the article publish by the Washington University School of Medicine: “A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis maps out a detailed atlas of all the cells involved — and how they work together — in regenerating the zebrafish spinal cord. In an unexpected finding, the researchers showed that survival and adaptability of the severed neurons themselves is required for full spinal cord regeneration. Surprisingly, the study showed that stem cells capable of forming new neurons — and typically thought of as central to regeneration — play a complementary role but don’t lead the process.”
Read the full article at: Zebrafish use surprising strategy to regrow spinal cord