3-D-printed scaffold for spinal injuries

UCSD scientists have developed a spinal cord injury therapy that uses a 3-D printed scaffold to matchthe contours of individual injuries. An interdisciplinary team combined the scaffold with neural stem cells and is planning to launch a company to develop the technology.

Neurobiologist Mark Tuszynski teamed up with bioengineer Jacob Koffler at the University of California San Diego and showed the hybrid therapy could treat rat spinal cord injury. The research was published in a January issue of Nature Medicine. ...