Tag: Medical Research
Acorda Reports Spinal Cord Injury Miss, Positive Trends Seen In MS
By Karen Pihl-Carey
It was a mixed day for Acorda Therapeutics Inc., which said Fampridine-SR missed its endpoints in two pivotal Phase III trials in...
Brain Implants Move at the Speed of Thought
New Devices Operate on the Power of Thought Alone, Testing Beginning in Humans
April 15, 2004 -- It may sound like science fiction, but brain...
Restoring Function Through Oec Transplantation
Over the past several decades, I have observed remarkable progress in our understanding of spinal cord injury (SCI), a disorder once considered so intractable...
With Tiny Brain Implants, Just Thinking May Make It So
Can a machine read a person's mind? A medical device company is about to find out.
The company, Cyberkinetics Inc., plans to implant a tiny...
Stem-cell funds slow in coming
Potential returns may be years away, and society’s moral concerns make investors nervous
SEATTLE — Whoever learns to control embryonic stem cells that can morph...
Treading new paths for neurotrauma rehab
Inside UVic's Motor control research lab, investigations into such commonplace activities as walking is revealing secrets about the nervous system that may one day...
Medical miracle
Stem-cell surgery shows promise
Some words spark debate every time they are spoken, few more surely than "stem cells." Many ordinary people who smile on...
Govt backs Wallaby gene research
THE Victorian government has backed a $12 million study of a wallaby species that might lead to better treatments for cancer and spinal cord...
Preclinical And Clinical Testing Of New Therapies
Researchers have identified a wide variety of potential therapies for spinal cord injury. To efficiently evaluate these therapies, however, investigators need to carry out...
Linux on Power from IBM for Critical Stem Cell Research
Department of Molecular Biology Displaces Dell, Turns to IBM for Crucial Technology
NEW YORK, N.Y., April 1, 2004 - Today at a press conference in...
