2-1B! Get on this!
In a few years, they think they'll be able to fix your spine with nanogoo.
Northwestern University researchers have shown that a nano-engineered gel inhibits the formation of scar tissue at the injury site and enables the severed spinal cord fibers to regenerate and grow. The gel is injected as a liquid into the spinal cord and self-assembles into a scaffold that supports the new nerve fibers as they grow up and down the spinal cord, penetrating the site of the injury.
When the gel was injected into mice with a spinal cord injury, after six weeks the animals had a greatly enhanced ability to use their hind legs and walk.
I wish all the cool medicine wasn't going to happen in 10-20 years. I'm led to believe that some people are in pain now.
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