As a next step, Dr. Reimer's research team intend to analyse the effect of different drugs on zebrafish OPCs in order to potentially identify a method to improve functional spinal cord repair in humans. (sciencedaily.com)
Well - known US celebrity efforts include the Michael J. Fox Foundation, which has funded more than $ 115 million in research directly or through partnerships focusing on Parkinson's disease, and the Dana and Christopher Reeve Foundation, which has granted more than $ 40 million toward spinal cord repair since its initiation. (sciencemag.org)
Going forward, Dr. Ding plans to explore a second route to spinal cord repair involving axons, which possess an innate ability to regenerate. (gladstone.org)