Tag: Medical Technology

Nanotechnology may help spinal cord injury

EVANSTON, Ill., April 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have created a nano-engineered gel that can enable severed spinal cord fibers to regenerate...

Promising new nanotechnology for spinal cord injury

CHICAGO -- A spinal cord injury often leads to permanent paralysis and loss of sensation below the site of the injury because the damaged...

Now, Aussie hope for Manjunath

NEW DELHI: On Friday, Manjunath Kalmani received a special visitor at his bedside at the Safdarjung Hospital's intensive care unit. After reading the paralysed techie's...

Cyberkinetics’ Andara™ OFS™ Therapy Featured in Presentations at the AANS/CNS Meeting

Researchers report that people with spinal cord injuries treated with Cyberkinetics’ Andara™ OFS™ System showed significantly greater neurological improvement than those in a separate...

Kelly Brush- Skiing with a purpose

It would be understandable if Kelly Brush filled her days with what-ifs. What if the fencing along the giant slalom course at Jiminy Peak had...

Nano Scaffold Developed To Rebuild Nerve Damage

ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2008) — A Monash University PhD student has developed a new technique that could revolutionise stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease...

New hope on spinal injury

SCIENTISTS are on the brink of a major potential breakthrough in the repair of spinal cord injuries. Action Medical Research, a national charity, has said...

Progress after Adult Stem Cell Therapy Offers New Hope to Iowa Spinal Cord Injury...

Rich Welsh, a 28 year-old insurance agent from Klemme, Iowa who suffered a spinal cord injury after an automobile accident in 1999, is now...

A remarkable recovery from traumatic spinal cord injury

Atlanta — Duane Morrow was in a business meeting when his left foot fell asleep. He stood up and walked around. Then his right...

Nano scaffold rebuilds nerve damage

A Monash University PhD student has developed a new technique that could revolutionise stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury. David Nisbet...