human muscle cell nerve cell seldom divide after they are formed xplain how dis fact might afect spinal cord?

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human muscle cell nerve cell seldom divide after they are formed xplain how dis fact might afect spinal cord?

2007-04-01 09:37:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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Spinal cord injuries can be permanent because the body does not grow new nerves.

Sometimes nerve messages travel through different pathways, but nerves don't regenerate.

This is why we are interested in stem cells. Stem cells may be caused to grow into nerve cells.

2007-04-01 09:42:53 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

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2007-04-01 16:40:40 · answer #2 · answered by rocka_jade 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋