Tag: University of Washington
New treatment allows some people with spinal cord injury to regain hand and arm...
https://youtu.be/bPucCF_g-8E
Note: This video was created in January 2020
Almost 18,000 Americans experience traumatic spinal cord injuries every year. Many of these people are unable to...
Restoring arm, hand function after spinal cord injury focus of clinical trial
Spinal cord injuries caused by accidents, violence and disease paralyze from the neck down more than 5,000 people every year. In the first few...
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
The Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System (NWRSCIS) is a regional center of spinal cord injury care, research and education in the Department of...
Probiotics and Spinal Cord Injury
We often hear that probiotics are good bacteria—but why? What makes certain bacteria “good” or “bad”? And does taking a daily dose of probiotics...
Stem Cell Therapy for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
In this presentation, Dr.Alicia Fuhrman in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, explains the complex and rapidly expanding field of stem cell...
Hand Function after Spinal Cord Injury
https://youtu.be/nGU3dAMlXCg
Learn how three people with tetraplegia (quadriplegia) have improved their hand function and increased their independence through a combination of techniques, exercises and tools....
Researchers Turn Skin Cells into Motor Neurons Without Using Stem Cells
Cellular Renovation
Why build something from the ground up when one can just renovate an already existing structure? Essentially, that’s what researchers from the University...
General Medical Concerns for People with Spinal Cord Injury
When a health concern comes up, how do you know what kind of health care provider to see? What can you expect from your...
Big Improvements to Brain-Computer Interface
Newly developed “glassy carbon” electrodes transmit more robust signals to restore motion in people with damaged spinal cords.
When people suffer spinal cord injuries and...
UW center receives $16M to develop technology that helps paralyzed patients move again
Imagine a future when people who have been paralyzed can move their arms and legs again.
Researchers at the University of Washington aren’t just imagining...
