Brisbane researchers have developed a promising new treatment for spinal cord injury in animals, which could eventually prevent paralysis in thousands of people worldwide every year. The treatment, which combined vascular endothelial and platelet-derived proteins, was applied to animals immediately after spinal cord injury, and evaluated after one and three month periods.
Dr Ben Goss, Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation, QUT
Journal of Neurotrauma
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