Piezo4Spine: Dreaming on a cure for paraplegic patients

Piezo4Spine: Dreaming on a cure for paraplegic patients Piezo4Spine is a European project that aims to develop a novel therapy to repair the injured spinal cord, a pathology for which a cure remains elusive. María C. Serrano tells us more. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating pathology affecting the spinal cord, an essential component of our central nervous system, executing vital instructions, most of which are orchestrated by our brain. According to recent figures from the World Health Organization (WHO), over 15 million people are currently affected by SCI. It is already well-known that the therapeutic window for these patients before the damage and loss of functionality becomes chronic is very limited, often even uncertain.