Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics, and Joseph Scafidi, M.D., assistant professor of neurology, were interviewed by NPR's Shots for a story on their research finding that a naturally occurring substance called epidermal growth factor appears to reverse a type of brain damage that's common in very premature infants.
NPR - A Growth Factor Heals the Damage to a Preemie's Brain — In Mice
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