Scientists find gene vital to nerve cell development

Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 06:00 in Biology & Nature

(Medical Xpress) -- The body’s ability to perform simple tasks like flex muscles or feel heat, cold and pain depends, in large part, on myelin, an insulating layer of fats and proteins that speeds the propagation of nerve cell signals.

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