Quadriplegic Artist, Tommy Hollenstein Creates NFT Painting for Charity
Tommy Hollenstein is an American Found Object Artist, and a master of fine, abstract art. A quadriplegic, resulting from a bicycle accident in 1985,...
‘My Life Matters’: Resilience After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Life did not end on March 26, 2010.
In between classes, Drew Clayborn attempted a backflip. He landed on his head, broke his neck and...
Birmingham research brings hope for spinal cord injury treatment
BIRMINGHAM, England, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists from the University of Birmingham have shown an existing drug may reduce damage after spinal cord...
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day 2022
Today, Friday 13 May we are marking Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day 2022 (SCIAD)
We lead this annual event to raise awareness of spinal cord...
T cells block nerve cell regeneration with age, but can be reversed – mice...
New research in mice shows T cells prevent damaged nerve cells from regenerating due to a reversible, ageing-related mechanism.
Previous research has shown that ageing...
Software turns ‘mental handwriting’ into on-screen words, sentences
Artificial intelligence, interpreting data from a device placed at the brain’s surface, enables people who are paralyzed or have severely impaired limb movement to...
Gene therapy shows promise in treating neuropathy from spinal cord injuries
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, report that a gene therapy that inhibits...
UM researchers develop new stem cell therapy for treating spinal cord injuries
A new study by University of Manitoba researchers has developed a stem cell-based therapy that may eventually lead to new regenerative treatments for people...
HKUST researchers develop long-term in vivo imaging technique to better understand and treat spinal...
A research team led by scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed an innovative technology for in vivo...
New controller developed at UofL improves home use of epidural stimulation for people with...
When Keith Smith recently got a new tablet, it wasn’t for watching videos or scanning social media.
Instead, this tablet allows Smith, who has tetraplegia,...
