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Article: Scientists develop promising new nano-engineered gel for spinal cord injury
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- The Hindustan Times
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- April 3, 2008
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Washington, April 3 -- Scientists at the Northwestern University have taken a major step forward in the development of a viable and effective nanotechnology treatment for spinal cord injury, by creating a new nano-engineered gel that inhibits the formation of scar tissue at the injury site and enables the severed spinal cord fibers to regenerate and grow.
A spinal cord injury often causes permanent paralysis and loss of sensation below the site of the injury because the damaged nerve fibers can't regenerate.
The nerve fibers or axons have the capacity to grow again, but don't because they're blocked by scar tissue that ...