Cancer drug triggers remarkable recovery from spinal cord injury in mice
A drug under investigation as a cancer treatment has shown exciting promise in a rather different branch of medical research, with scientists demonstrating how it can promote nerve repair following spinal injury. The breakthrough shows how the drug acts on a DNA damage response mechanism at play in both these unrelated conditions, and triggers a "remarkable" recovery in mice with injured spinal cords. Led by scientists at the University of Birmingham, the research focused on an experimental drug called AZD1390. This drug…