Tag: Medical Research
Axon Growth and Guidance
Currently, an important question in spinal cord repair is how to influence nerve fibers to regenerate across long distances and make meaningful connections. During...
Exercise therapy gives student hope
MUNCIE, Ind. -- Chrissy Parker laboriously drags one leg in front of the other, the top of her blue adidas gym shoe skidding across...
Phase II Trials of ProCord
Proneuron Biotechnologies Teams with Craig Hospital in Denver to Expand IND Phase II Trial of ProCord for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries to...
Hope for new source of stem cells
US scientists have found a way to turn adult cells back into immature cells with the potential to become many different types of tissue.
The...
Steroids May Reverse Loss Of Substance Tied To Nervous System Disease
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Steroids help to reduce inflammation, but University of Illinois scientists suggest they also could be used to reverse a loss of...
Christopher Reeve, Scientists Share Honor
Actor Christopher Reeve, two scientists who discovered an arthritis therapy and a researcher who helped show how cells read their genes have won prestigious...
Monkey test offers hope to paralysed
The treated monkeys, which had suffered paralysis in one hand, regained 80 per cent of the movement they had lost.
Up to 12 months of...
New study may explain spinal cord pain
BY PAULA BRADY - Staff Reporter
A new study by Yale researchers has found a possible explanation for chronic pain in patients with spinal cord...
Feeling restored after paralysis
Scientists say they have successfully restored feeling to patients paralysed for at least two years.
A team from the University of San Paulo in Brazil...
Blocking immune response to spinal cord injury can improve chances for recovery
People who suffer spinal cord injuries may have a greater chance of recovery if treated with drugs that block the body’s own Immune Response...
