Tag: Drugs and Medication

Blood clotting protein may inhibit spinal cord regeneration

Fibrinogen, a blood-clotting protein found in circulating blood, has been found to inhibit the growth of Central Nervous System neuronal cells, a process that...

Trager family donates $1M to Frazier Rehab Institute

Business First of Louisville Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare Inc.'s Frazier Rehab Institute has received a $1 million gift from the Bernard and Jean...

New mouse stem cell is just like ours

The discovery of a mouse embryonic stem cell that is a near-perfect match to human cells will speed research in regenerative medicine and treatments...

Clinical Trial Suggests Bone Marrow Stem Cells Are Useful for Spinal Cord Injury

PrimeCell(TM) Therapeutics LLC today announced that it provided research support and pre-clinical studies for a clinical trial to assess the safety, feasibility and efficacy...

‘Missing link’ stem cells may shorten path to therapies

The discovery of a mouse embryonic stem cell startlingly similar to its human counterpart will likely speed progress toward the Regeneration of healthy cells...

Viability Of Cord Blood In Treating Malignant Diseases

Having the capability of creating life-forming cells, cord blood has emerged as one of the most extraordinary discoveries in the past 2 decades. The...

VA Boosts Services and Research in Spinal Cord Injury

(Media-Newswire.com) - MILWAUKEE – During a ground-breaking ceremony today for a world-class facility for spinal cord injuries, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson committed...

Trials on spine injuries

VICTORIANS with severe spinal cord injuries may become part of an international clinical trials to confirm embryonic stem cells can help them walk again. Leading...

Violence taxes Baghdad’s spinal injury hospital

Some patients wait a year to get only such care in the city Baghdad -- Mohammed Abdul Hussein moans as he tries to shift his...

Nobel Prize Winning Scientist Joins InVivo Therapeutics Team

Richard Roberts, PhD, to advise on molecular biology of traumatic spinal cord injury CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InVivo Therapeutics Corporation, a medical device company focused on restoring...