Researchers use nanoparticles to deliver treatment for brain, spinal cord injuries
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 14:07
in Health & Medicine
Purdue University researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells. A team led by Richard Borgens of the School of Veterinary Medicine's Center for Paralysis Research and Welden School of Biomedical Engineering coated silica nanoparticles with a polymer to target and repair injured guinea pig spinal cords. That research is being published in the October edition of the journal Small.