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| A DRUG used by sports cheats could help people to recover from brain injury. Australian scientists are investigating whether erythropoietin - EPO - can boost the brain's recently discovered ability to heal itself. Associate Prof Cristina Morganti-Kossmann from the National Trauma Research Institute at The Alfred hospital said: "The dogma 10 years ago was that the brain was absolutely unable to generate new neurones. "But it has been shown there is a very small number of new neurones that are generated continuously, even in adult life." Dr Morganti-Kossmann's lab will start a three-year study looking for signs of brain healing linked to EPO and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). The work, to be led by NTRI research fellow Dr Nicole Bye, has received a $500,000 grant from the Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative. AAP |
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