Of Mice and Men

This is a remarkable medical breakthrough story reported by Reuters -- making it all the better is that it's from researchers at the beloved Northwestern University.

The short version is that NU researchers have shown success with a treatment that uses what they call "dancing molecules" to reverse spinal paralysis in mice.  They find their results so substantive that they plan to ask the FDA for permission to jump past testing on larger animals and go straight to tests with humans.

​Here's the Reuters video.  If you'd like a bit more in-depth information, you can read this story here.