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Jamaican-born scientist making strides in nerve research
Published: Monday | January 4, 2010


Keisha Shakespeare-Blackmore, Staff Reporter





Dr Patrice Smith, Jamaican-born scientist living in Canada who discovered a new way to repair damaged nerves. - Contributed

Who would have thought that a little girl from Darliston in Westmoreland would turn out to be a First World scientist who may have discovered a new way to repair damaged nerves?

Now living in Canada, Jamaican-born Dr Patrice Smith and her colleagues at Harvard have discovered a way to repair damaged nerves by allowing the adult brain to respond to repair signals that are induced after injury. Dr Smith explained to Flair in an email interview, that as we get older, we lose the ability to repair damage to the brain and spinal cord, because our nervous system is actively preventing the immune system from sending out repair messages. If we get a cold, for example, the immune system kicks in and helps with our recovery. However, if our brain or spinal cord is damaged, this repair message is blocked. What they have discovered is that this mechanism is blocked by a molecule called SOCS3.

"In the absence of SOCS3, the damaged nerves were able to regenerate themselves in an adult. My hope is that the research will help people who suffer from brain and spinal-cord injuries by helping to repair the injuries they may have received in an accident, or just through the natural ageing process," said Dr Smith.

A curious child

She said she has always been interested in how things work. As a child she was very good at taking apart small appliances and seeing whether she could put them back together.

Her interest in how the brain works began when she migrated to Canada, and took up a summer research job in a neuroscience lab at the University of Ottawa, Canada.






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[Wendy]

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Yeah yeah! Big Up!

Wid a name like Partrice wi know shi a strictly Yaadi

[H_O]

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now all scientist need to do is find a way to repair people who get on your nerves

[skins]

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Who went to Mannings ?

[Dr.Dudd]

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did not attend Manning's but I know the area well, I know darliston too.
met her at Harvard too.
We posted this topic on her earlier too.
and had quite a discussion.
Pity she had to leave Harvard to further her research.
Life Is funny. and it's not always whatit cut out to be.
In the original publication they posted not pics of her. and not even intimated that she was s black or even Jamaican.
They made it ;look like it was not even her. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ripton</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Who went to Mannings ? </div></div>

[Boricua_papi]

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The only problem I see is that the body blocks signals for cell repair in the nervous system for a reason - oncogene expression. As we age, cell the DNA found in all cells tend to accumulate mutations that can lead to the development of neoplasia (cancers &amp; tumors). Neoplasia development in the nervous system is especially deadly, e.g. nearly all forms of malignant brain tumors, so we evolved with an immune system that would prevent cell repair of the nervous system that would otherwise greatly increase the chance of developing neoplasia.

The danger in switching off the immune response, as Dr. Smith posits, is that there may be an increased cancer risk with this treatment despite the very real benefit of nerve cell repair.

[WiseJamaican]

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It is always good to see Jamaicans making great impact in this world among the negatives that are being portrayed on a daily basis. I wish her all the best and hope that she will continue to depend on the strength of the Lord and not on her own.

[Wendy]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: B_P</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

The only problem I see is that the body blocks signals for cell repair in the nervous system for a reason - oncogene expression. As we age, cell the DNA found in all cells tend to accumulate mutations that can lead to the development of neoplasia (cancers &amp; tumors). Neoplasia development in the nervous system is especially deadly, e.g. nearly all forms of malignant brain tumors, so we evolved with an immune system that would prevent cell repair of the nervous system that would otherwise greatly increase the chance of developing neoplasia.

The danger in switching off the immune response, as Dr. Smith posits, is that there may be an increased cancer risk with this treatment despite the very real benefit of nerve cell repair. </div></div>

B_P the problem as I see it is that the neurotic stem of the left ventricular side of the brain matter is extensible to the neck region . When we age, mucus from the nostrils tend to build up with require Kleenex (preferable the one fortified with lotion) to be used to eliminate what could seem like development of gastroenteritis.

But I regress. The danger is not in the switching of the immunity of the response but extrapolating of the renal failures of the kidneys known as Kidneyritis. That has been clearly documented in my manuscript on the Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.




<span style="font-size: 8pt">**run gaan**</span>

[Dr.Dudd]

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We are many times more well represented in the upper echelons of the world.
That Is one of teh reason why we as a people don't experience even worse,repercussion based on the behavior of the few.
That In my view, that have been blown out of proportion on the negative side.
as a mater of fact we have had a lot of opposition from prominent African Americans for being over represented in the education and health care arenas.
the problem is that they didn't have the guts to oppose the over represented whites.
That is what we use to force them to back off.
If they are objecting to being over represented, why are they ingoring the group that is way over.
well that result in a lull.[
I suppose they may be dealing with the real problem. Of not enough African Americans being prepared at the level to allow them really manage in these positions.quote=WiseJamaican]It is always good to see Jamaicans making great impact in this world among the negatives that are being portrayed on a daily basis. I wish her all the best and hope that she will continue to depend on the strength of the Lord and not on her own. [/quote]

[Dr.Dudd]

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At thi stage of development, but with further research, I believe that it is possible to over come this. Most cancers are really a result of a break down in the contact inhibition system due to the overuse of general analgesics. yes the (NSAIDS)common aspirin,acetaminophen,etc is known, not widely but will be in due course to be a major contribution in the genesis of many forms of cancers.
the problem is they are too useful inrelieving pain so far. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: B_P</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

The only problem I see is that the body blocks signals for cell repair in the nervous system for a reason - oncogene expression. As we age, cell the DNA found in all cells tend to accumulate mutations that can lead to the development of neoplasia (cancers &amp; tumors). Neoplasia development in the nervous system is especially deadly, e.g. nearly all forms of malignant brain tumors, so we evolved with an immune system that would prevent cell repair of the nervous system that would otherwise greatly increase the chance of developing neoplasia.

The danger in switching off the immune response, as Dr. Smith posits, is that there may be an increased cancer risk with this treatment despite the very real benefit of nerve cell repair. </div></div>

[Dr.Dudd]

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ther is a non drug research in thi afield too.

But of course the sponsorship is weak.
In that the pharmaceutical block does not see that as commercially viable.
Anyway it seem that it maybe the way.
afterall all drugs do is to turn and off systems by way of minute electrical charges. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: B_P</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

The only problem I see is that the body blocks signals for cell repair in the nervous system for a reason - oncogene expression. As we age, cell the DNA found in all cells tend to accumulate mutations that can lead to the development of neoplasia (cancers &amp; tumors). Neoplasia development in the nervous system is especially deadly, e.g. nearly all forms of malignant brain tumors, so we evolved with an immune system that would prevent cell repair of the nervous system that would otherwise greatly increase the chance of developing neoplasia.

The danger in switching off the immune response, as Dr. Smith posits, is that there may be an increased cancer risk with this treatment despite the very real benefit of nerve cell repair. </div></div>

[Wahalla]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: B_P</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

The only problem I see is that the body blocks signals for cell repair in the nervous system for a reason - oncogene expression. As we age, cell the DNA found in all cells tend to accumulate mutations that can lead to the development of neoplasia (cancers &amp; tumors). Neoplasia development in the nervous system is especially deadly, e.g. nearly all forms of malignant brain tumors, so we evolved with an immune system that would prevent cell repair of the nervous system that would otherwise greatly increase the chance of developing neoplasia.

The danger in switching off the immune response, as Dr. Smith posits, is that there may be an increased cancer risk with this treatment despite the very real benefit of nerve cell repair. </div></div>

Cancer is an evolutionary expression.. the human body evolved to have a life span of mid thirties based on non care of teeth.. Since most cancers come post this age then we are assuming cancer is not normal rather than part if the aging process... Run gawn....