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Podcast: Blink of an Eye
Episode: #296 Macrophages and the Battle for SCI Repair with Dr. John Gensel
Description: Macrophages and the Battle for SCI Repair with Dr. John Gensel
What happens when the cells sent to heal the body after a bodily trauma decide to stick around, becoming a permanent roadblock to recovery, as they do in acute SCI? Is it possible to reprogram the immune system to stop standing guard over the damage and instead open the pathway for repair?
Louise sits down with Dr. John Gensel, a neuroscientist and the Director of the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center at the University of Kentucky. John has dedicated his career to t...