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Nanoengineered Niclosamide as a Microenvironment Modulator for Spinal Cord Regeneration: A Hypothetical Roadmap Toward Brain/Head Transplant Feasibility

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N. Sanoj Rejinold
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Geun‐woo Jin
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Jin‐Ho Choy *
DOI:10.1002/wnan.70054delete
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Restoring long-distance spinal cord connectivity remains a major challenge in regenerative medicine. Despite advances in stem cell therapy, biomaterial scaffolds, and neuromodulation, recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI) is limited by a hostile post-injury microenvironment marked by chronic inflammation, glial scarring, and extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffening. This Perspective proposes nanoengineered niclosamide, a repurposable multi-pathway modulator, as a strategy to reprogram this niche. By attenuating NF-κB/STAT3–driven inflammation, suppressing fibrotic signaling, and reducing ECM rigidity, nanoengineered niclosamide may synergize with scaffold- and stimulation-based approaches, highlighting microenvironmental modulation as a realistic path forward for SCI repair.
Keywords:
ECM softening
nanoengineered anti-inflammatory therapy
neural regeneration
spinal cord reconnection
translational neurosurgery
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WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
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dankook university
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hyundai bioscience co. ltd.
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