Tag: Medical Research
Axons Necessary For Voluntary Movement Regenerated
For the first time, researchers have clearly shown regeneration of a critical type of nerve fiber that travels between the brain and the spinal...
New Common Pathway in Neurodegenerative Disease Is a Possible Door to a Point of...
(AScribe Newswire) -- A just-out study suggests that what keeps chronic nervous system diseases such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's and ALS going - until they...
The stem-cell funding ban is a step backwards for Texas
Why would Texas hamper its own universities, discouraging them from seeking cures for age-old diseases? Why would state leaders cut the state off from...
Researchers regenerate axons necessary for voluntary movement
For the first time, researchers have clearly shown regeneration of a critical type of nerve fiber that travels between the brain and the spinal...
Team Regrows Neurons Controlling Movement in Rats
Goal is to one day develop a therapy to help with spinal cord injuries
MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Using genetically engineered cells and...
By Shutting Down Inflammation, Agent Reverses Damage From Spinal Cord Injury In Preclinical Studies
ScienceDaily (Apr. 1, 2009) — Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have been able to speed recovery and substantially reduce damage resulting from...
Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act Signed by President Obama as Part of Omnibus...
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation expresses appreciation to Congressional co-sponsors for passing first legislation specific to the paralysis community
SHORT HILLS, N.J., March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/...
Stem Cell Administration Study Demonstrates Improved Quality Of Life For Patients Suffering From Spinal...
DaVinci Biosciences, in collaboration with Luis Vernaza Hospital in Ecuador, have announced the publication of study results demonstrating the safety and feasibility of its...
Breathing Device For Spinal Injuries
Surviving a spinal cord injury is something to be thankful for, but it's still devastating.
For one New Yorker, an accident changed his life forever...
U.S. behind on embryonic stem cell research
When I taught at Rutgers University, my department chair was Wise Young, a pioneer in spinal chord rehabilitation. The Keck Center, where the research...
