Johana Bastidas1, Megan R. Detloff2, Linda Jones3, Marco Baptista3, Karim Fouad4, Wolfram Tetzlaff 5, Taleen Hanania1
1PsychoGenics, Paramus, New Jersey, US, 2Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. 3Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Short Hills, New Jersey, US. 4University of Alberta, Department of Physical Therapy, Edmonton, Alberta, CA. 5University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, CA.
Reliable preclinical spinal cord injury (SCI) models are essential for developing new therapies, but setting up an SCI lab is costly and requires specialized expertise. These barriers often deter researchers and investors from entering the field.
To address this, PsychoGenics, in collaboration with the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation and Drexel University, validated standardized models of Cervical contusion SCI. A specialized SCI-focused Contract Research Organization (CRO) can streamline research, reduce costs, and enable consistent evaluation of potential treatments.