Pedro Ramos and Maurizio Prato have published an article in PNAS, with the results of their work about the possibility of spinal cord injury recovery restoring in vivo the connection between neurons.

Research conducted by two groups at the Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials CIC biomaGUNE and one at SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (Italy), showed that functional materials based on carbon nanotubes offer a possible means for facilitating the reconnecting of neuronal networks damaged as a result of spinal cord injuries. The study, published by the prestigious scientific journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A.), constitutes a huge step forward in research geared towards recovery from injuries of this type.

From left to right: image of a healthy backbone (control); image of an injured backbone without an implant; image of an injured backbone in which the biocompatible nanomaterial has been implanted and where the neuronalreconnection can be observed (Author:Pedro Ramos / CIC biomaGUNE).

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