Chinese researchers propose new therapy for spinal cord injuries (3)

TIANJIN, June 16, 2016 -- The first patient being implanted with collagen-based scaffold does restoration exercise at the affiliated hospital of Logistics University of People's Armed Police Force in Tianjin, north China, June 16, 2016. Chinese scientists have used a biomaterial "scaffolds" to treat spinal cord injuries, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced on Thursday. A team led by Dai Jianwu, researcher with the CAS Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, first proposed building a microenvironment with biomaterial that would help regeneration of neurons, the CAS said. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)