Brain yields secrets in stroke research (From The Oxford Times)
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Brain yields secrets in stroke research
10:30am Tuesday 26th February 2013 in News
Researchers at Oxford University have been able to explain for the first time why the brain has an innate ability to protect itself from stroke damage.
The scientists hope that harnessing this inbuilt mechanism, identified in rats, could help treat strokes and prevent other neurodegenerative diseases.
