Are emerging electroconductive biomaterials for spinal cord injury repair the future?
Aleksandra Serafin1
Maurice N.Collins2
1.School of Engineering,Bernal Institute,University of Limerick,Limerick,Ireland;Health Research Institute,University of Limerick,Limerick,Ireland2.School of Engineering,Bernal Institute,University of Limerick,Limerick,Ireland;Health Research Institute,University of Limerick,Limerick,Ireland;SFI Center for Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research,Dublin,Ireland
摘要：Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating ailment that leads to the loss of motor and sensory functions,often leaving the patient paralyzed below the injury site (Chen et al.,2013). Globally around 250,000-300,000 people are diagnosed with SCI annually (Singh et al.,2014),and while this number appears quite low,the effect that an SCI has on the patient's quality of life is drastic,due to the current difficulties to comprehensively treat this illness. The cost of patient care can also be quite costly,amounting to an estimated$1.69 billion in healthcare costs in the USA alone(Mahabaleshwarkar and Khanna,2014).
机标关键词：futurecordbiomaterialsconductiveemerginginjuryrepairspinal
论文发表日期：2026-03-30
在线出版日期：2026-03-18（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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