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Protein injection 'cuts pain after spinal cord injury'RSS Feed
Having an injection directly after experiencing a spinal cord injury could relieve pain, research has shown.
Scientists found that an injection of fibronectin into the spinal cord was able to activate specific signalling pathways in an animal model of the condition.
The disruption of these pathways resulted in the lessening of the pain following spinal cord injury, according to the study which was published in the journal of Neurotrauma.
Fibronectin is a natural protein known to support the survival, growth and communication of neurons in the brain and spinal cord.
Researcher Ching-Yi Lin, from Cleveland Clinic, said: "We are very pleased with the results from the fibronectin injection.
"Perhaps this will signal a change in pain management after spinal cord injury."
This comes after a team from Griffith University discovered that two proteins significantly cut spinal injury in rats.
The proteins reduced the size of lesions in the rats' spinal cords and lessened toxicity at the site of the injury.
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