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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...
Spleen Might Be Source of Damaging Cells at Spinal Cord Injury Site
Newswise — The spleen, an organ that helps the body fight infections, might also be a source of the cells that end up doing...
Study Seeks New Way to Enhance Neuron Repair in Spinal Cord Injury
Newswise — If researchers could determine how to send signals to cells responding to a spinal cord injury, they might be able to stop...
Quadriplegic donkey walks again Stem cells aid recovery from spinal-cord injury
Eli the donkey’s recovery from incomplete quadriplegia could be the most important breakthrough in traumatic spinal-cord injuries and for the stem-cell treatment that restored...