\u201cWe already knew how to deal with myelin and stop it inhibiting OEC migration,\u201d says Jos\u00e9 Antonio del Rio of IBEC\u2019s Molecular and Cellular Neurobiotechnology group, which led the study. \u201cNow we know we have to try to do the same thing with CSPG, so that we can move closer to having OECs with their full migratory capabilities intact.\u201d<\/p>\n
The work was carried out by members of no fewer than three research groups at IBEC, combining the neural expertise of Prof. del Rio\u2019s Molecular and Cellular Neurobiotechnology group, the cell migration know-how of IBEC\u2019s Integrative Cell and Tissue Dynamics group, and technologies lent by the Nanobioengineering group, as well as their collaborators at the Autonomous Universities of Barcelona and Madrid. The results constitute a prime example of what can result from the wealth of different disciplines at work at IBEC, whose research staff includes physicists, chemists, biologists, engineers and computer scientists all under the same roof.<\/p>\n
The work was supported by the La Caixa foundation, as it comprises part of the institutional project \u201cSistemes de diagn\u00f2stic i ter\u00e0pia basats en la integraci\u00f3 de noves tecnologies nano bio info i cogno\u201d. IBEC is one of just five centres to have received funding in the bank\u2019s pilot scheme to fund research evaluation and technology transfer activities.<\/p>\n
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Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia and their collaborators reveal that they\u2019re a step closer to optimizing cells able to guide regeneration of the spine<\/h3>\n