How the tiny zebrafish helped a Bar Harbor scientist get us one step closer to effective treatments for a painful nerve disorder — peripheral neuropathy

October 25, 2016Health Newschemotherapy, MDI Biological Laboratory, nerve, nerve disorder, peripheral neuropathy, research, Taxol, zebrafish

By Diane Atwood

About 20 million people in the U.S. have peripheral neuropathy. Sandra Rieger, PhD., a scientist at the MDI Biological Laboratory, recently discovered where and how it begins.

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A step closer to finding an effective treatment for diabetic nerve damage

How the tiny zebrafish helped a Bar Harbor scientist get us one step closer to effective treatments for a painful nerve disorder — peripheral neuropathy

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