2026-10-11
The Original Wiring May Not Be Essential—in Repairing Spinal Cord Injury, the Question Is "When" to Combine Biology and Engineering
Unless the severed wiring is reconnected exactly as it was, there can be no recovery from spinal cord injury—decades of research have been shaking this premise. Biology that grows and guides; engineering that wakes dormant circuits and trains them. A 2019 review in Nature Medicine lays these two toolboxes side by side and argues that combinations should be designed not as simple addition but around the interactions between mechanisms and their timing. Dr. Exotaro reads it, adding what has happened since, up to 2026.
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