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Protein Synthesis and Degradation in Dystrophic Axons following SCI

September 30, 2015 to September 30, 2017
GRANT: 
Non-Federal
Funding Status: 
Completed Project
Funding Agency: 
Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
Grant Number: 
Award Number: 339836
Published Grant: 
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Goals

The major goals of this project are to determine the levels of protein synthesis and degradation machinery in dystrophic axons over time following SCI and to determine the extent to which these processes contribute to regeneration failure after SCI.

Investigators

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Associate Director
Lab Director
Laboratory for Axonal and RNA Biology
Assistant Professor
Role: 
Co-Investigator

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Conditions & Recovery

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Around the world, between 300,000 and 500,000 people are living with a SCI.

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