Removing immune cells 'could be effective spinal cord injury treatment'RSS Feed

Removing certain immune cells from the body could form part of future spinal cord injury treatments, scientists have speculated.

A team at Ohio State University College of Medicine (OSUCM) recently conducted tests on mice where it was found those lacking B cells - and their antibodies -were able instigate movement following paralysis.

Tests discovered those with lowers levels of this type of the B tissue had a better scope for recovery.

Reviewing the findings, staff from the Robarts Research Institute called for further studies involving humans to be carried out, based on the findings of the OSUCM team.

The report comes in the same week scientists at the St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Centre, along with Barrow Neurological Institute staff, found natural hydrogels could be an effective spinal cord injury treatment.

When injected into a part of the back, the substance was found to improve bone structure and reduce scarring.

Clinical trials of the treatment may follow in the future, with $450,000 (£275,776) already having been spent on the tests by the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission.

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