Reversing Severe Spinal Cord Injuries with Samuel Stupp, PhD

11/11/2021 20 min
Reversing Severe Spinal Cord Injuries with Samuel Stupp, PhD

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Regenerative nanomedicine is being used to develop new therapies for devastating conditions such as severe spinal cord injuries. Northwestern's Dr. Samuel Stupp is a pioneer in the field of regenerative nanomedicine and recently published a paper in the journal Science that details how a new injectable therapy uses synthetic nanofibers to reverse severe spinal cord injuries in animals and how this therapy could soon be used in humans.

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