Findings show nanomedicine promising for treating spinal cord injuries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a new approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres that could be injected into the blood shortly after an accident.
The synthetic "copolymer micelles" are drug-delivery spheres about 60 nanometers in diameter, or roughly 100 times smaller than the diameter of a red blood cell.
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Findings Show Nanomedicine Promising For Treating Spinal Cord Injuries
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Posted 09 November 2009 - 07:24 PM
Wow, Boss. Too cool. As soon as it is available I'm going back to skateboarding.
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Posted 11 November 2009 - 04:54 PM
Awesome discovery! I wanna sign up for that when it's ready. But i did just watch GI-JOE, and THOSE nanomites were wicked! So, long as it doesn't do that to my spine, I'm all for it!
Thanks for sharing that.
Thanks for sharing that.
GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!!
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Posted 11 November 2009 - 07:31 PM
Yet another therapy that is only effective if done within hours of injury. When do they do something for the rest of us?
By the time we find this site,, it's too late for any of these things to help US.
Sorry,,, just frustrated today.
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By the time we find this site,, it's too late for any of these things to help US.
Sorry,,, just frustrated today.
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Posted 15 November 2009 - 08:35 AM
edlee, on Nov 11 2009, 01:31 PM, said:
Yet another therapy that is only effective if done within hours of injury. When do they do something for the rest of us?
By the time we find this site,, it's too late for any of these things to help US.
Sorry,,, just frustrated today.
ed
By the time we find this site,, it's too late for any of these things to help US.
Sorry,,, just frustrated today.
ed
I feel your pain, it's alright....it IS frustrating. Too many crazy pills and surgeries for so many other problems....
GEAUX SAINTS!!!!!!
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Posted 15 November 2009 - 01:20 PM
If it's one thing I have come to expect it's ..
I'm in this chair for life .. and boy is it gonna be fun
Yes .. one day help will finaly arrive in one way or another
But I aint waiting for that day
Good luck to all that arrive after that day
I'm in this chair for life .. and boy is it gonna be fun
Yes .. one day help will finaly arrive in one way or another
But I aint waiting for that day
Good luck to all that arrive after that day
Edited by dangerousdave, 15 November 2009 - 01:21 PM.
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