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Israeli scientists have developed the world’s first implant for the treatment of spinal cord injuries, writes the Jerusalem Post.
The authors of the development were a team of scientists from the Sagol Center for Regenerative Biotechnology at Tel Aviv University. The specialists managed to create 3D tissues of the human spinal cord, which were implanted into a laboratory model with long-term chronic paralysis. To design the spinal cord, scientists used human cells and implanted them in animals. As a result, in 80% of trials, implantation led to the restoration of the ability to walk.
As the head of the study, Professor Tala Dvir, told the publication, the technology is based on taking a small biopsy of the patient’s adipose tissue of the abdomen. After that, the cells are “reprogrammed” using genetic engineering and return to a state resembling embryonic stem cells. As the scientist explained, in this way they “turn into three-dimensional implants of neural networks containing motor neurons.”
The researchers are now gearing up for human clinical trials. If the implants allow damaged tissues to regenerate without the risk of rejection, then within a few years the technology will be completed and the created tissues can be implanted in paralyzed patients, restoring their ability to stand up and walk.
Source: Rosbalt
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