Tag: Medical Research
Dana Reeve Visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, Dana Reeve, wife of actor Christopher Reeve, a director of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) and...
Current Interventions 2004
Drug Therapy
Effective drug therapy for spinal cord injury first became a reality in 1990, when methylprednisolone, the first drug shown to improve recovery from...
Severed spinal cord regenerated
Scientists have succeeded in restoring movement to rats paralysed by spinal injuries.
The breakthrough could ultimately lead to new treatments for people who have been...
Chinese Scientists Grow Embryonic Stem Cells To Motor Neurons
Scientists reported Sunday that they coaxed human embryonic stem cells to become spinal Motor neurons, critical nervous system pathways that relay messages from the...
School Uses Cells From Aborted Fetuses
Researchers at the Georgetown University Medical Center, a Catholic institution, are using cells derived from aborted fetuses in medical research.
Catholic doctrine opposes abortion, but...
After spinal cord injury – getting muscles to respond
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (USA)--When someone's spinal cord is completely severed, brain signals can no longer reach the legs to tell the legs to walk.
A...
Nanofiber Gel Could Heal Spinal Damage
A gel of tiny fibers could help reverse paralysis from spinal cord injury.
The gel, created by scientists from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, contains...
Iraqi Child’s Life In Balance
12-year-old Paralyzed by Accidental Mortar Being Evacuated to USA
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A U.S. mortar attack that hit the wrong target has...
GASTRIC EMPTYING IN SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS
Little is known about the gastric effects of spinal cord injury (SCI). There have been few studies on the gastric emptying half-time (GET1/2) of...
Spinal Cord Regeneration
For successful Regeneration to occur following spinal cord injury, several things must happen. First, damaged nerve cells and supporting cells must survive or be...
