With support from John Potocsnak and his family, CRN director Samuel Stupp has made significant progress over the last four years in advancing an innovative therapy for spinal cord injury.

A CRN research team led by Ayush Batra and Samuel Stupp published a study describing an injectable therapy that protects the brain after ischemic stroke, the most common type of stroke. In a mouse model, the therapy successfully crossed the blood-brain barrier and significantly reduced brain damage.