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Blocking an immune system molecule in mice may help prevent long-term disabilities after traumatic brain injury

  • Written by Jeanne Paz, Associate Investigator at Gladstone Institutes and Associate Professor of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco
imageAn estimated 69 million people worldwide experience a traumatic brain injury every year.Iaremenko/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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