Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine

New Capabilities

Leading organoid and nanomedicine research for neurological injuries

For the first time, scientists have grown a miniature human spinal cord in a laboratory, injured it, and watched it heal. Northwestern University researchers published findings in Nature Biomedical Engineering showing their stem-cell-derived organoid accurately replicates cell death, inflammation, and scar formation seen in real spinal cord injuries—then demonstrated significant tissue repair when treated with an experimental therapy.

Updated Feb 16