Tag: Neurons

Spinal Cord Injury Repaired By New Type of Stem Cells

New Type of Cells Repair Injuries Researchers have found that transplanting a certain type of immature support cell from the Central Nervous System could regenerate...

Stem-Cell Tech Improves Spinal-Cord Injury

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- A new stem-cell technology has allowed rats with spinal-cord injuries to walk again within two weeks, an advance...

Spinal Cord Cures in China

China could provide a new network to safely test therapies for paralyzed patients. A growing number of patients are heading to China for experimental therapies,...

Children’s Hospital Boston Launches Virtual Stem Cell Laboratory

Web-based Flash simulation allows users to manipulate stem cells and learn about stem cell research. (PRWEB) March 8, 2006 -- Prod. Manipulate. Investigate. The interactive...

Stem-cell research at U of L ‘major step’

Nerve-repair work offers hope for treating array of disorders A laboratory rat unable to use its right front paw because of a spinal cord...

Improving Recovery from Spinal Cord Injuries: New $3.7 Million Grant Will Create Comprehensive Rehabilitation...

Georgetown To House One of Only Six Similar NIH-Funded Programs in the Country March 6, 2006, Washington, DC — Each year, nearly 11,000 Americans suffer...

Finding may lead to new therapy for nervous system disorders

Stem cells obtained from adult nasal passages can be transformed into nerve cells that restore mobility and function to rats with spinal cord injuries,...

AGGRESSIVE PHYSICAL REHABILITATION

In recent years, a variety of aggressive physical Rehabilitation programs have emerged that seem to restore significant function for many people after spinal cord...

Bringing The Promise Of Stem Cell Research A Step Closer To Reality

Treena Arinzeh, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) who is one of the USA's leading stem cell...

Brg-1 appears to control how stem cells become various kinds of brain cells

Researchers at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University ( OHSU ) have discovered one key gene that...