New treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries
A ray of hope has emerged for those who have been paralyzed because of a broken back or neck. Researchers at the Cambridge University are on the brink of a major potential breakthrough in the repair of spinal cord injuries.
The researchers are on the verge of developing a clinical treatment that could allow damaged nerve fibers to reger4erate within the spinal cord and encourage the remaining undamaged tissue to work more effectively.
Spinal injuries are difficult to treat because of the body’s limitation to repair brain or spinal cord. Although nerves can regenerate themselves the development is blocked by the scar tissue at the point of spinal injury. But now the researching scientists have found a bacteria enzyme known as chondroitinase which is capable of digesting molecules within scar tissue to allow some nerve fibers to regroup and grow again. This enzyme also promote nerve plasticity which effectively means that remaining undamaged nerve fibers can in all probability make new connection that could bypass the area of damage.
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