Professor Hyun Jung-geun's Team at Dankook University Hospital Selected for the STEAM Research Project

Development of Customized Motor Function Recovery Technology for Spinal Cord Injury Patients

Dankook University Hospital announced on the 22nd that Professor Hyun Jeong-geun's team from the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine has been selected for the 'STEAM Research Project' led by the Ministry of Science and ICT.

The 'STEAM Research Project' is a flagship program of the Ministry of Science and ICT in the field of convergence research. It supports interdisciplinary collaborative research (R&D) that proposes solutions to complex national problems that cannot be solved by existing science and technology and pioneers the future.

Professor Hyun's team is conducting research under the theme of 'Development of Customized Motor Function Recovery Technology for Spinal Cord Injury Patients' and will receive a total research fund of 4.65 billion KRW over five years after a phased evaluation.

As the principal investigator, Professor Hyun Jeong-geun has started developing an electrical stimulation therapy using spinal cord injury models in collaboration with Professor Park Ji-min's team from KAIST and Professor Kim Jeong-seok's team from Gachon University. This therapy aims to restore motor function by directly applying electrical stimulation to the motor pathways of the damaged spinal cord.

Professor Hyun Jeong-geun stated, "Through prior research, we have effectively restored motor function by directly stimulating the damaged peripheral nerves and spinal cord motor pathways in animals," adding, "This study will clearly verify the safety and efficacy of electrical stimulation therapy under optimal conditions."

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