Tag: Study
Seeking Spinal Cord Injury Patients for Research Using Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
Participants must be 18-64 years of age with no history of schizophrenia, or alcohol or drug abuse within the last year.
This study uses a...
Spinal cord processes information just like areas of the brain
Patrick Stroman’s work mapping the function and information processing of the spinal cord could improve treatment for spinal cord injuries.
“Basic physiology books describe the...
StemCells, Inc. Initiates World’s First Neural Stem Cell Trial in Spinal Cord Injury
StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) announced today the initiation of a Phase I/II clinical trial of its proprietary HuCNS-SC(R) human neural stem cells in chronic spinal...
Scientists focus on human cells for spinal cord injury repair
Washington, March 3 : Scientists have found that a specific type of human cell, generated from stem cells and transplanted into spinal cord injured...
Uh Study Focuses on Immunity, Infection, Exercise and Spinal Cord Injured Patients
TIRR Foundation Funds Research Professors in Department of Health and Human Performance
HOUSTON, TX - Mobility is a challenge for spinal cord injured patients. Infection...
Study shows benefits of electrical stimulation therapy for people paralyzed by spinal cord injury
A new treatment approach which uses tiny bursts of electricity to reawaken paralyzed muscles "significantly" reduced disability and improved grasping in people with incomplete...
Fetal Surgery Takes a Huge Step Forward in Treating Children with Spina Bifida
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Is One of Three Centers in Newly Released Landmark Study
Performing delicate surgery in the womb, months before birth,...
Researchers pioneer clinical trial of embryonic stem cells
For the first time, researchers are using embryonic stem cells in a clinical trial to treat patients with spinal cord injuries. The trial strives...
World-first cell trial raises concerns
The $1 million price tag for a trial injecting nose cells into spinal-injury patients would be better spent helping people live with their disabilities,...
Experiments Suggest Possible New Approach to Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury
Using Chitosan Channels to Guide Stem Cell Growth Could Be Promising Technique, Reports Neurosurgery
Newswise — Initial experiments suggest a possible new approach to stem...
