Scientists devise early treatment for spine injury
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Injecting tiny polymer spheres into rats right after a spinal cord injury helped the animals recover movement and prevented secondary nerve...
Experts put their heads together
Neuroscientists cluster in La Jolla
Any chance of recovery from a spinal-cord injury, however small, depends on swift treatment. Without that, damaged nerve cells wither,...
Researchers Explore New Ways To Prevent Spinal Cord Damage Using A Vitamin B3 Precursor
Weill Cornell Medical College team receives $2.5 million New York State research grant to undertake laboratory study
Substances naturally produced by the human body may...
Spinal injuries up among troops
BAGRAM, Afghanistan — Afghan insurgents are using roadside bombs powerful enough to throw the military's new 14-ton, blast-resistant vehicles into the air, increasing broken-back...
Cornell researcher uses stimulus money to study spinal cord injury recovery
More than 10,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury in the U.S. each year, many of whom never recover the ability to walk. With...
Dachshund Get’s Paralysis Treatment and Walks Again!
Spinal cord injury patients around the world may draw new hope for the future from the story of a paralyzed little dog who was...
Enzyme eats scar tissue that blocks spine repair
CHICAGO, Nov 2 (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have engineered an enzyme that can gobble up scar tissue formed after spinal cord injuries, overcoming a...
Wheelchair doesn’t stop tae kwon do student from earning black belt
In tae kwon do, age doesn’t factor into where you rank in the classroom. What you’ve achieved does.
Danny Hicks has a front-row position at...
Try sip-‘n-puff fishing
There is now a rod and reel that you can cast and reel in via sip-'n-puff or by joy stick. How this came about...
Regeneration can be achieved after chronic spinal cord injury
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that regeneration of central nervous system axons can be achieved in rats...
