A new technology \”retrains\” cells to repair damaged brain tissues in mice after stroke
Regenerative medicine’s main goal is to regenerate damaged tissues of the central nervous system.
The majority of stroke victims do not receive the treatment they need to avoid brain damage. Scientists from The Ohio State University Wexner medical Center, College of Engineering and College of Medicine developed technology that \”retrains\” cells to repair damaged brain tissue. This breakthrough could help patients recover speech, cognition, and motor functions even days after an ischemic brain stroke.
Researchers in engineering and medicine use the tissue nanotransfection process (TNT), developed by Ohio State, to introduce genetic material within cells. They can reprogram the skin cells into something else, in this case vascular cell to help repair damaged brain tissue.
Today, Science Advances published the results of a study.
Source:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-03-technology-retrains-cells-brain-tissue.html
