The Practical Paraplegic

Purdue University researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells. A team led by Richard Borgens of the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Center for Paralysis Research and Welden School of Biomedical Engineering coated silica nanoparticles with a polymer to target and repair injured guinea pig spinal cords.  read more here

– Amazing things are afoot for helping spinal cord and other disabilities. Let’s hope our new progressive government will strongly encourage this research. Sofiea Clerico