Tag: Clinical Trial

Nose cells may heal spine

People paralysed by spinal cord injuries could soon be "repaired" using cells from their own noses, say Otago University researchers. The Health Ministry's ethics committee...

Promising therapies for spinal cord injuries

A quarter of a million Americans are currently living with spinal cord injuries, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Although most...

SYGNIS Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the European Commission for AX200 in the treatment...

-Second indication for AX200 given Orphan Drug status SYGNIS Pharma AG, today announced that it has received Orphan Drug designation from the European Commission for...

StemCells, Inc. Announces Four Presentations at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting

PALO ALTO, Calif. — StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) announced today that results pertaining to the Company's research programs in retinal degeneration as well as spinal...

Stem-cell therapy in Moscow attracting patients from West

MOSCOW — Every three months, David Martin, a quadriplegic, returns to a small clinic here in the Russian capital for therapy he cannot legally...

Peer-Reviewed Flexiciser Clinical Trials Published by the Journal for Spinal Cord Medicine

Carlsbad, CA, November 08, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Flexiciser International which provides movement therapy solutions for people with mobility challenges today announced that its Clinical Trials...

Nerve repair, biodetectors, proton therapy, microscopic medical devices

Biomedical research highlights of AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition in Boston, Oct. 19-24 1) CELL "PRINTING" PAVES WAY TO ARTIFICIAL ORGANS Despite the success of...

Warnings about stem cell therapy tourism

MARK COLVIN: Australian scientists are worried about what they describe as a growing industry of stem cell tourism. More and more people suffering spinal cord...

Stem cell research expands as more applications are tested

It's been almost 20 years since Dr. Sam Weiss, professor and researcher at the University of Calgary, made the stunning confirmation of the existence...

What’s New in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation – Spinal Cord Injury

Harish Hosalkar, MD, MBMS(Orth), FCPS(Orth), DNB(Orth)1, Jason Hsu, MD1, Nirav K. Pandya, MD1 and Mary Ann Keenan, MD1 The use of systemic Hypothermia for spinal...