Bioprinted implant may help paralyzed people walk again
First-ever spinal cord implant to treat paralysis without risk of rejection is successfully tested on mice; human trials expected by end of 2024.
Source: israel21c.org
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First-ever spinal cord implant to treat paralysis without risk of rejection is successfully tested on mice; human trials expected by end of 2024.
It is an unfortunate reality that there isn't a cure for permanent paralysis
Tel Aviv University researchers offer hope that paralyzed patients may walk again with first spinal cord tissue engineered from cells.
For the first time in the world, researchers from Sagol Center for Regenerative Biotechnology at Tel Aviv University have engineered 3D human spinal cord tissues and implanted them in lab model with long-term chronic paralysis.