NACTN, a collaboration of university neurosurgical teams, is led by Robert Grossman, MD, a professor of neurosurgery at The Methodist Hospital Neurosurgical Institute in Houston.
The funding will support Phase 2 and 3 trials of the drug Riluzole, an FDA-approved neuroprotective drug. Riluzole is designed to limit spinal cord damage.
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