DAO research claims paralyzed rats to recover after repairing the spine to the spine
The decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Hydradao claims that its researchers can use a novel method to repair broken spines on mice.
In one May 5 x Post, Decentralized Science (Desci) Project Hydradao said one of its research projects has resulted in “rats that have fully moved their spines” to re -walk. More noteworthy, recovery from the operation has been reported to last only five days.
The post features a video of slight shave (maybe due to operation) rats walking on what appears to be a laboratory setting. The effort in question is the Dowell Spinal Fogeens project led by Michael Lebenstein-Gumovski, which raised 380,700 USDC (USDC) from donors. Read the Dedicated Hydradao Page:
“The Dowell team submitted a project proposal to Hydradao. After careful consignment and two peer reviews, Hydracore considers it to Hydradao’s community interest.”
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More than smoke and glass?
Foogenens are chemicals capable of refusing cell membranes and have long been researched as a way to re -associate separate nervous strands. One such a chemical is the polyethylene glycol (PEG), which has been shown to establish the fusion of membrane and seal of axonal membranes to the other Research.
The Dowell team adds a biopolymer from crustacean shells called Chitosan, resulting in a peg-chitosan compound called Neuro-Peg. This compound is also photopolymerizable, meaning it can be fast solid using light.
This may allow for the creation of a solid scaffolding that the spinal cord can welding more permanently than peg-based liquid solutions. The dowell also implements neuroprotection techniques such as localized hypothermia and cellular death inhibitors to prevent further damage to the nervous tissue.
A 2023 Research Gukevski’s role published in peer-review scientific journal Surgical Neurology International claimed that pigs were treated with a compound recovered from mobility for two months. Read the conclusion of the study:
“Neuro-peg provides sensorimotor recovery after the complete transfer of the spinal cord. It opens the door to the human experiment, including the trial of the spinal cord.”
The Dowell team also filed a patent for developed technologies, with a 2022 Patent of Russia describing a “way of restoring spinal cord functions after moving using a peg-chitosan conjugate,” List Lebenstein-Gumovski in its inventors.
The Hydradao proposal suggests that “income streams include specialized curgical kits that are priced between $ 3,500 and $ 20,000, depending on the market and region.” In addition, the team will also provide “comprehensive training and certification for neurosurgeon personnel and medical -emergency services”.
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Some interesting -friendly connections
Gukevski is a Russian -based neurosurgery researcher (Stavropol State Medical University and affiliate institutions). He is a member of Sergio Canavero’s Research Head-Transplant Project, cited at least one associated Paper.
Those articles were also published in Surgical Neurology International, while most of the leading scientific publications avoided the subject. The neurosurgeon from Turin, Italy, claimed To perform a successful head move on a monkey back in 2016.
The team too Experting to human cadavers in preparation for a 2017 live transplant of the human head, which has not occurred. Neuroscientist Dean Burnett Says By the time the head moved out the unimaginable challenges and that Canavero had “offered an impossible explanation or science for his claims to overcome these obstacles.”
While the Dowell team project builds on established research and should not be removed directly, it is difficult to ignore the similarity to the manufacture of public claims unlike those characterized by Canavero’s career. Moreover, foogenens are well studied and less noticeable but similar results have been reported by other teams in the past (2019 For example from the University of Texas).
Will the paralyzed walk again?
The evidence provided is promising, but it is advisable to be careful, especially up to many third-party teams independently to reproduce the results.
Hydradao promised further experiments in electrophysiology and monitoring of dyes to assess connectivity between the brain and lower spine. This excess data may enhance the credibility of research results.
However, further research is required to assess whether it will result in a clinically viable procedure for real-world spinal injuries.
