Evaluation of early and late effects into the acute spinal cord injury of an injectable functionalized self-assembling scaffold.

The complex physiopathological events occurring after spinal cord injury (SCI) make this devastating trauma still incurable. Self-assembling peptides (SAPs) are nanomaterials displaying some appealing properties for application in regenerative medicine because they mimic the structure of the extra-c...

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Main Authors: Daniela Cigognini, Alessandro Satta, Bianca Colleoni, Diego Silva, Matteo Donegà, Stefania Antonini, Fabrizio Gelain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3097206?pdf=render