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title: Could your brain repair itself? — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/could-your-brain-repair-itself/
date: 2015-04-28
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# Could your brain repair itself?

Imagine the brain could reboot, updating its damaged cells with new, improved units. That may sound like science fiction — but it’s a potential reality scientists are investigating right now. Ralitsa Petrova details the science behind neurogenesis and explains how we might harness it to reverse diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s