UCSD-JacobsSchool-20180927-Chen_spinal_cord_implant-02982-8MP
3D printed implants could one day help restore neural connections and lost motor function in patients with spinal cord injury. The implants, developed by engineers and neuroscientists at the University of California San Diego, are soft bridges that guide new nerve cells to grow across a tear or break in an injured spinal cord. The work has so far shown promise in rats with severe spinal cord injury.
Full story: jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=2699
Photo credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
UCSD-JacobsSchool-20180927-Chen_spinal_cord_implant-02982-8MP
3D printed implants could one day help restore neural connections and lost motor function in patients with spinal cord injury. The implants, developed by engineers and neuroscientists at the University of California San Diego, are soft bridges that guide new nerve cells to grow across a tear or break in an injured spinal cord. The work has so far shown promise in rats with severe spinal cord injury.
Full story: jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=2699
Photo credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering