BME Professor Francois Berthiaume (left), and his collaborator Professor Martin Yarmush (below) were awarded a 3-year NJ Commission on Spinal Cord Research (NJCSCR) grant for $567,766 for a project entitled, “Nanoparticle-Based Treatment of Pressure Sores in Spinal Cord Injury Patients”. The ultimate goal of this research is to develop new technologies that help heal tissue injuries that arise due to prolonged unrelieved pressure, which is a common complication in individuals who suffered spinal cord injury and are bedridden or confined to a wheelchair.
