Thank you to everyone who supported spinal cord injury research in memory of the late Mrs Janine Davis. We are so sorry for your loss. The kind donations made on her behalf will go to support research which offers the hope of…
Month: November 2016
Graphene nanoribbons to guide neuron growth in the injured spinal cord
James Tour and his group at Rice University, Texas, have developed a product that combines graphene nanoribbons with a biocompatible polymer gel. Dubbed Texas-PEG the product acts as a scaffold bridging the spinal cord lesion and encourages neuron growth across the gap. “Neurons grow…
Pleiotrophin treatment stimulates neuron growth in the adult CNS
Chondroitin sulfate (CS) glycosaminoglycans inhibit regeneration in the adult central nervous system (CNS). Finnish researchers have reported that HB-GAM (heparin-binding growth-associated molecule; also known as pleiotrophin), reverses the role of the CS chains, switching it from inhibiting growth to activating the…