Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Managing multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that looks different in everyone who has it—and you may know more people who have it than you think.
Mar 5, 2024
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News tagged with spinal cord
Genetics
A better way to deliver fetal therapy for serious genetic disorders
In a discovery that opens the door to a less invasive way of treating some serious disorders before birth, UC San Francisco scientists have found that delivering medicine through amniotic fluid is as effective as delivering ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Genetics
Human stem cells coaxed to mimic the very early central nervous system
The first stem cell culture method that produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system has been developed by a team of engineers and biologists at the University of Michigan, the Weizmann Institute ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Normal-appearing tissue offers insights into lesion formation in multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the result of the immune system mistakenly attacking the brain and the spinal cord, causing tissue damage (lesions) throughout. While the underlying mechanism of lesion formation is still not entirely ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EU watchdog gives new ALS treatment thumbs up
Europe's medicines watchdog gave the green light Friday to a new treatment for a rare form of the neurodegenerative disease ALS, saying it should reduce the symptoms of the deadly illness.
Feb 23, 2024
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Neuroscience
Bio-inspired neuroprosthetics: Sending signals the brain can understand
A few years ago, a team of researchers working under Professor Stanisa Raspopovic at the ETH Zurich Neuroengineering Lab gained worldwide attention when they announced that their prosthetic legs had enabled amputees to feel ...
Feb 21, 2024
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Health
How long does back pain last? And how can learning about pain increase the chance of recovery?
Back pain is common. One in 13 people have it right now and worldwide a staggering 619 million people will have it this year.
Feb 20, 2024
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Neuroscience
Scientists develop low-cost device to make cell therapy safer
A tiny device built by scientists at MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology could be used to improve the safety and effectiveness of cell therapy treatments for patients suffering from spinal cord ...
Feb 7, 2024
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Neuroscience
Improving outcomes for patients with a deadly form of brain bleed
A new study reveals that drainage of cerebrospinal fluid through the spine could help improve outcomes for patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH).
Feb 1, 2024
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Medical research
A new Australian government inquiry will examine women's pain and treatment: How and why it's different
The Victorian government has announced an inquiry into women's pain. Given women are disproportionately affected by pain, such a thorough investigation is long overdue.
Feb 1, 2024
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