A major step towards repairing the spinal cord
Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia and their collaborators reveal that they’re a step closer to optimizing cells able to guide regeneration of the spine
The olfactory system is an area of the body that can renew itself, and it does this by using olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) to guide newly formed axons – long projections of nerve cells – towards the body’s central nervous system. Naturally, researchers have already tried transplanting OECs to the spine, to see if this ability also works to promote axonal regeneration in spinal cord injuries and neural diseases.
En un article que es publica avui en la revista Nature Materials, investigadors de l’Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC) y de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) han descobert el fracking cel·lular.
Un grup de l’Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC) ha identificat un factor important en les infeccions produïdes per E.coli, obrint una nova via cap al desenvolupament de fàrmacs dirigits contra aquesta malaltia potencialment mortal.