{
  "id": 188374,
  "title": "Targeting sensory nerves after growth plate injuries may bolster healing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/targeting-sensory-nerves-after-growth-plate-injuries-may-bolster",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-05T18:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-sensory-nerves-growth-plate-injuries.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In January this year, a team of Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators, led by pathologist Aaron W. James, MD, Ph.D., discovered that sensory neurons in skeletal tissue are constantly sensing their environment and quickly respond to injuries. In new research published in Science Translational Medicine, they describe how this response profoundly affects growth plates, the soft cartilage at the end…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}