Published in APL Bioengineering · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers successfully combined rat spinal cords with tissue-engineered muscles, creating a biohybrid system that produces electrical activity causing contraction. This innovation could lead to breakthroughs in understanding diseases like Lou Gehrig's and developing new surgical training tools.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Rat spinal cords control neural function in biobots American Institute of Physics · Apr 28, 2020 · first to report
- Spinal cord gives bio-bots walking rhythm University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau · Apr 28, 2020