Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Engineering Nerve Jumper Cables For Spinal Cord Repair In Animal Model

Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Posted: February 19, 2006

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have created -- in a rodent model -- a completely new way to engineer nerve structures, or constructs, in culture. This proof-of-principle research has implications for eventually becoming a new method to repair spinal cord injury in humans. The work appears in the latest issue of Tissue Engineering.

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