Researchers explore new ways to prevent spinal cord damage using a vitamin B3 precursor
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 12:35
in Health & Medicine
Substances naturally produced by the human body may one day help prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. A recent $2.5 million grant from the New York State Spinal Cord Injury Research Board will fund their research investigating this possibility.