{"id":130454,"date":"2021-11-12T06:22:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T14:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/in-astonishing-feat-a-new-drug-reversed-paralysis-in-mice-with-spinal-cord-injury"},"modified":"2021-11-12T06:22:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T14:22:40","slug":"in-astonishing-feat-a-new-drug-reversed-paralysis-in-mice-with-spinal-cord-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/in-astonishing-feat-a-new-drug-reversed-paralysis-in-mice-with-spinal-cord-injury","title":{"rendered":"In Astonishing Feat, a New Drug Reversed Paralysis in Mice With Spinal Cord Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q_xvCE904YU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>US scientists have developed a new form of drug that promotes the regeneration of cells and reversed paralysis in mice with spinal injuries, allowing them to walk again within four weeks of treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The research was <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.abh3602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published in the journal <em>Science<\/em><\/a> on Thursday, and the team of Northwestern University scientists behind it hope to approach the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as early as next year to propose human trials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aim of our research was to develop a translatable therapy that could be brought to the clinic to prevent individuals from becoming paralyzed after major trauma or disease,\u201d Northwestern\u2019s Samuel Stupp, who led the study, told AFP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US scientists have developed a new form of drug that promotes the regeneration of cells and reversed paralysis in mice with spinal injuries, allowing them to walk again within four weeks of treatment. The research was published in the journal Science on Thursday, and the team of Northwestern University scientists behind it hope to approach [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}