Spinal cord injury (SCI) has been documented throughout history. Early physicians described patients with this affliction to be conscious and aware yet unable to innervate their limbs. Up to the mid 1960s the proper course of treatment for SCI was to stabilize the spinal cord to avoid further injury. Repair, however, was deemed impossible. It wasn’t until recent developments in molecular biology and biotechnology over the past decade that an understanding of the true molecular mechanisms behind SCI has been unraveled to provide a small glimpse of hope. To this day, there is not a cure for SCI but studies…