Cure for paralysis? Scientists find an old drug that could regenerate life in the spinal cord

For decades, spinal cord injuries (SCI) have represented one of medicine’s most devastating and irreversible conditions, often leaving patients paralysed for life. Now, a breakthrough study by researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) is offering new hope. Using advanced bioinformatics tools, the team has identified an existing drug, Thiorphan, that shows remarkable potential to regenerate damaged nerve cells in the spinal cord, a discovery that could one day transform the treatment of paralysis. Through a combination of computational biology and regenerative neuroscience, scientists have discovered that Thiorphan can stimulate nerve regrowth and restore motor function in animal models. Although still in pre-clinical stages, this finding marks a pivotal step toward t