Hope for Spinal Cord Injuries
Gene Therapy and Spinal Cord Injuries - New Research & New Hope from Kings College London Gene Therapy Reversing Spinal Cord Injuries Gene therapy, which is an experimental technique that uses genes to treat or prevent disease, shows promise in treating many ailments. Those ailments include epilepsy, cancer, Parkinson's, osteoarthritis, asthma and much more. Now researchers at Kings College London have shown that rats with spinal cord injuries can relearn skilled hand movements after receiving gene therapy. The scientists believe the same will apply to humans. No Regenerative Treatment, Now Hope At this time, there are no regenerative treatments for spinal cord injuries. Researchers are now testing a new gene therapy for regenerating damaged tissues in the spinal cord. The new gene therapy can be switched on and off using antibiotics. With this technique, it's now possible to treat large damaged areas with one injection and turn the gene off when no