Tag: UCLA
Injectable Porous Scaffolds Promote Better, Quicker Healing After Spinal Cord Injuries
WASHINGTON, March 9, 2021 — Spinal cord injuries can be life-changing and alter many important neurological functions. Unfortunately, clinicians have relatively few tools to...
UCLA scientist gives couple hope while searching for a cure for paralysis
Mark Pollock, Simone George tell their remarkable life story in new TED talk
If you think listening to a paralyzed, blind man discuss his life...
Neuroscientists restore significant bladder control to 5 men with spinal cord injuries
In UCLA study, magnetic stimulation of lower spine eliminates need for catheter for up to 4 weeks
More than 80 percent of the 250,000 Americans...
Activation of Cervical Spinal Networks Ameliorates Severe Paralysis
A new study suggests that a nonsurgical, noninvasive spinal stimulation procedure can help people with severe spinal cord injury (SCI) regain use of their...
Man moves paralyzed legs using device that stimulates spinal cord
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Mayo Clinic researchers used electrical stimulation on the spinal cord and intense physical therapy to help a man intentionally move his...
UCLA professor developing potential treatment for spinal cord injuries
A UCLA professor is working to develop a treatment for spinal cord injuries, which are currently incurable.
Stephanie Seidlits, assistant professor of bioengineering, will attempt...
UCLA researcher tackles paralysis with electrical stimulation devices
A UCLA professor is helping paralyzed individuals regain use of their limbs through electric stimulation of the spinal cord.
In 2015, Reggie Edgerton, the director...
Male Fertility After a Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury Fertility Management - The Men’s Clinic at UCLA
Spinal Cord Injury Fertility
A spinal cord injury is a devastating event in a man’s...
Experimental implant shows promise for restoring voluntary movement after spinal cord injury
UCLA scientists test electrical stimulation that bypasses injury; technique boosts patient’s finger control, grip strength up to 300 percent
A spinal stimulator being tested by...
Sea Lamprey A Model For Nerve Regeneration
At last week’s Science Before Supper, a lecture series about science for non-scientists at the Falmouth Public Library, Jennifer Morgan from Marine Biological Laboratory,...
