Tag: Spinal Cord
Fighting to walk again
Local clinic helping woman get stem cell treatment in Russia
Brittney Ham has a supportive family, determination and hope, a combination that keeps the thought...
Scots scientists discover spinal injury ‘volume dial’
University of St Andrews researchers find neurone in the spine that controls the strength of signals sent to muscles.
Scottish researchers have discovered a "volume...
Transplantation Technique Feasible for Spinal Cord Injury
(HealthDay News) -- In the treatment of spinal cord injury, transplantation of readily available mono-nuclear bone marrow cells may be an alternative to the...
Paralysed teenager has ‘very good chance of recovery’
Aspiring model Vladislava Kravchenko has a very good chance of recovery form her paralysis, according to doctors in Moscow, where she has now begun...
Salamanders – What Can They Teach us About Spinal Cord Injury?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For more than 400 years, scientists have studied the amazing regenerative power of salamanders, trying to understand how these...
Determined2heal Foundation
Spinal Cord Injury Information - The Determined2heal Foundation provides strategic information on Spinal cord injury.
Michael-Ryan Pattison Foundation
A Cure is Coming is a foundation to build awareness of, and philanthropic support for, those with spinal cord injuries that enable access to...
Tackling Paraplegia
Reconstructing the neuronal circuitry of a damaged spine looks like a much closer goal now.
Scientists devise early treatment for spine injury
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Injecting tiny polymer spheres into rats right after a spinal cord injury helped the animals recover movement and prevented secondary nerve...
Experts put their heads together
Neuroscientists cluster in La Jolla
Any chance of recovery from a spinal-cord injury, however small, depends on swift treatment. Without that, damaged nerve cells wither,...
