Exciting discovery could aid frontline spinal injury treatment

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-04/uoq-dc042215.php

Rapid treatment with a new anti-inflammatory could have a major impact on recovery from spinal cord injury, University of Queensland researchers have found. UQ School of Biomedical Sciences’ Dr Marc Ruitenberg and PhD student Ms Faith Brennan said they made the discovery during laboratory trials with an experimental drug. Ms Brennan said that excessive inflammation caused additional damage in spinal cord injuries and hindered recovery…