Three insights:
1. Swelling during spinal cord injuries can damage the spinal cord. Researchers are using nanoparticles to try and prevent damage and improve healing after injury.
2. In a recent study, researchers injected nanoparticles into mice and were able to reduce the severity of a spinal cord or brain injury, decrease paralysis and in some cases prevent it.
3. The nanoparticles demonstrated an ability to stop the blood-brain barrier from rupturing when an injury occurred, which prevents the reduction of movement below the injured area.
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