Researchers use nanoparticles to deliver treatment for brain, spinal cord injuries
Sunday, October 5, 2008 - 17:28
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 Centre for Paralysis Research and Welden School of Biomedical Engineering coated silica nanoparticles with a polymer to target and repair injured guinea pig spinal cords...
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