{"id":79616,"date":"2018-06-14T14:02:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T21:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/gene-therapy-repairs-spinal-cord-damage-in-formerly-paralyzed-rats"},"modified":"2018-06-14T14:02:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T21:02:21","slug":"gene-therapy-repairs-spinal-cord-damage-in-formerly-paralyzed-rats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/gene-therapy-repairs-spinal-cord-damage-in-formerly-paralyzed-rats","title":{"rendered":"Gene Therapy Repairs Spinal Cord Damage In Formerly Paralyzed Rats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/gene-therapy-repairs-spinal-cord-damage-in-formerly-paralyzed-rats2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team of European scientists believes that their gene therapy research could prove to be a life-changing option for individuals who suffer from spinal cord injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A research team from King\u2019s College in London has taken a giant step toward helping paralyzed individuals regain \u201ccontrol of their hands.\u201d In a recent experiment, the scientists have had success repairing spinal cord damage in rats using gene therapy.<\/p>\n<p>The spinal cord is a cylindrical tube of nerve fibers and connected tissue that is enclosed within the spine. It carries instructions to virtually every part of the body, forming the central nervous system.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/4941755\/gene-therapy-repairs-spinal-cord-damage-in-formerly-paralyzed-rats\/\">https:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/4941755\/gene-therapy-repairs-spina...yzed-rats\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of European scientists believes that their gene therapy research could prove to be a life-changing option for individuals who suffer from spinal cord injuries. A research team from King\u2019s College in London has taken a giant step toward helping paralyzed individuals regain \u201ccontrol of their hands.\u201d In a recent experiment, the scientists have [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79616","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\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}