by Clara Rodriguez Fernandez – Advanced Science News –
Scientists have taken a step closer toward a treatment to repair damaged spinal cord tissue with a wireless patch that delivers electrical pulses to stem cells. The device could overcome some major hurdles in the path to developing a therapy that could one day be used to treat paralysis.
“Currently, there is no effective therapy that can cure or reverse [spinal cord injury] because spinal neurons are not regenerable in adults,” said Jichuan Qiu, professor at Shandong University.
