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Prostate Cancer Treatment

Wed,26 October 2011


After men have surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland, up to 80% of them will lose the ability to have an erection because of damage to a critical nerve that runs along the prostate.   New research from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine shows the damaged nerve can be regenerated more quickly with a protein called sonic hedgehog delivered via a nanofiber gel.

The study, done with rats, showed the protein regenerated the damaged nerve twice as fast as it would have regenerated on its own. Speeding up the nerve healing is essential in order to prevent cell



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