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Scaffold Neural Stem Cells: Based Tissue Engineering in a Traumatic Brain Injury Model

Funding Agency:

Department of Defense

Total Project Period:

3/1/08 - 9/30/10

Total Project Award:

$75,757

Principal Investigator:

Jun Chen

Co-Investigators:

C. Edward Dixon, PhD; Hong Yan, PhD

Project Summary:

The innovation will focus on the conductive and peptide coating of the polymer scaffold surrounding stem cell implants in recovery (cellular and behavioral) following TBI.

Dr. Dixon