Injection of nerve growth factor may cure erectile dysfunction

Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Medical College and experts in the decade-long study found that a nerve growth factor, would be directly injected into the corpus cavernosum cure ED.

Urology, director of the hospital research team led by Professor Dai Yutian found that people suffering from ED, the penile cavernous nerve lesions has occurred, damage, sexual impulses of the nerve signals can not be passed to the cavernous nerve endings on the command vessel expansion, Command erectile nerves can not receive the signal, they can not an erection. They are based on this finding, a nerve growth factor, can be successfully revived necrosis cavernous nerves, from the fundamental cure impotence.In fact, such a nerve growth factor is a protein, DNA genetic material, conduction through this protein. We necrotic nerve synthetic DNA sequences together as a carrier through the nerve growth factor injected into the cavernous lesions in place, which carried out growth and development. "Professor Dai Yutian said that at present, nerve growth factor and angiotensin receptor inhibitors, such drugs have entered clinical study of treatment of ED, there are nearly 20 diabetic patients with ED treatment.

Professor Dai Yutian said, ED pathogenesis of complex and the pathogenesis of diabetic ED is more complex. Compared with normal, diabetes, the proportion of people suffering from ED than 3 ~ 5 times, time is often 10 to 20 years ahead of schedule.

In addition to treat ED caused by diabetes, the hypertension-induced ED, prostate cancer and other neurological damage caused by ED, can be treated. Once the drug was successfully developed, will change the current treatment of ED drugs Viagra rely mainly on drugs such as the status quo.