Researchers find supplement that may help cure spine injury

According to research conducted by Univerisity of Kentucky neorsceintists, experimental models show that severe spinal cord injury can be treated effectively by administering the supplement acetyl-L-carnitine or ALC, a derrivative of essential aminio acids that can generate metabolic energy soon after injury.

So what does this mean?

Well, after one sustains a spinal cord injury, the mitochondria in the body are overwhelmed by chemical stresses and lose thea bility to produce energy in form of compound adenosine triphosphate (ATP). This eventually leads to cell death at the injury site, and utimately paralysis of the body below the injury level.

But now, they have found that ALC can preserve the vitality of mitochondria by acting as an alternative bio-fuel providing energy to cells, thus bypassing damaged mitochondrial enzymes and promoting neuroprotection.

Though this is still in the preliminary stages of research, it is still fascinating and encouraging news to the paralysis community. Any hope is welcome.. and this is discovery  is sure to stir new and more exciting findings in the future.

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