By 
Andrew Pelling
 | 
TED Stage Talk

Could we treat spinal cord injuries with asparagus?

Take a mind-blowing trip to the lab as TED Senior Fellow Andrew Pelling shares his research on how we could use fruits, vegetables and plants to regenerate damaged human tissues -- and develop a potentially groundbreaking way to repair complex spinal cord injuries with asparagus.

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