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![Gene Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9_one_third_default_1x/public/2021-06/Li%20Cai.png?h=7e996a4d&itok=pTWYvRbh)
This technology is a virus-based gene therapy for the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI). The treatment dramatically improves locomotor behavior in a mouse model of SCI by promoting the generation of new neurons for the re-establishment of damaged neural circuits and reducing the glial scar formation at the lesion site.