Three million euros fund research led by the University of Coimbra to develop new technology to regenerate the brain
Over the next four years, a European research consortium, led by the University of Coimbra (UC), will develop an innovative technology that could boost the regeneration of neurons in diseases that currently have limited therapeutic options. To do this, the scientists will use epigenetic tools to try to convert brain cells in patients into functional neurons. This research could pave the way for improved treatment of health problems such as stroke or neurodegenerative diseases (pathologies that are linked to the nervous system, affecting movement and causing loss of neurological functions).