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Podcast: Blink of an Eye
Episode: #298 The Architecture of Neural Repair with Dr. Pengzhe Lu
Description: The Architecture of Neural Repair with Dr. Pengzhe Lu
For decades, the diagnosis of a complete spinal cord injury came with a period at the end of the sentence: no regeneration possible. But Dr. Pengzhe Lu has spent his career challenging that finality. In this episode, we travel into the microscopic world of the Center for Neural Repair at UCSD, where Dr. Lu is engineering neural stem cell grafts to act as biological bridges across the lesion site. We explore the incredible complexity of convincing axons to grow through a hostile environment and the emerging role of 3D sc...