News tagged with spinal cord
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Naturally occurring protein has a role in chronic pain
Researchers in France and Sweden have discovered how one of the body's own proteins is involved in generating chronic pain in rats. The results, which also suggest therapeutic interventions to alleviate long-lasting pain, ...
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Jun 12, 2012 |
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Receptor may hold key to multiple sclerosis treatment
(Medical Xpress) -- A receptor recently discovered to control the movement of immune cells across central nervous system barriers (including the blood-brain barrier) may hold the key to treating multiple sclerosis ...
Immunology
Jun 11, 2012 |
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How immune system, inflammation may play role in Lou Gehrig's disease
In an early study, UCLA researchers found that the immune cells of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, may play a role in damaging the neurons in the spinal cord. ALS ...
Immunology
Jun 05, 2012 |
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Magnets may help prevent rare complication of spinal anesthesia
An simple technique using local anesthetic mixed with magnetized "ferrofluids" may provide a new approach to preventing a rare but serious complication of spinal anesthesia, reports the June issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, offici ...
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Jun 01, 2012 |
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Researchers restore walking ability after spinal cord injury in rats
Rats with spinal cord injuries and severe paralysis are now walking (and running) thanks to researchers at EPFL. Published in the June 1, 2012 issue of Science, the results show that a severed section of the ...
Medical research
May 31, 2012 |
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Fish study raises hope for spinal injury repair
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have unlocked the secrets of the zebra fish’s ability to heal its spinal cord after injury, in research that could deliver therapy for paraplegics and quadriplegics in the ...
Neuroscience
May 30, 2012 |
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A new strategy for developing meningitis vaccines
Bacterial meningitis is an infection of the meninges, the protective membrane that covers the spinal cord and brain. Children, elderly patients and immunocompromised patients are at a higher risk for the development of severe ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 24, 2012 |
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Chronic pain is relieved by cell transplantation in lab study (Update)
(Medical Xpress) -- Chronic pain, by definition, is difficult to manage, but a new study by UCSF scientists shows how a cell therapy might one day be used not only to quell some common types of persistent ...
Neuroscience
May 23, 2012 |
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Modifying scar tissue can potentially improve outcome in chronic stroke
New research from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging shows that modifying the scar tissue that develops following a stroke is a promising avenue for future treatments. The need for therapeutics for chronic stroke is ...
Medical research
May 21, 2012 |
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Pain relief through distraction -- it's not all in your head
Mental distractions make pain easier to take, and those pain-relieving effects aren't just in your head, according to a report published online on May 17 in Current Biology.
Medical research
May 17, 2012 |
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Surgeons restore some hand function to quadriplegic patient
Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function in a quadriplegic patient with a spinal cord injury at the C7 vertebra, the lowest bone in the neck. Instead ...
Surgery
May 15, 2012 |
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FDA issues warning on controversial MS treatment
(HealthDay) -- Doctors and patients need to be aware of the potential risk of injuries and death associated with an experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis called liberation therapy, the U.S. Food and ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 10, 2012 |
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Researchers say step closer to meningitis B vaccine
Researchers said Monday they were a step closer to developing a vaccine against the type of meningitis that mostly affects Europe and North America and kills hundreds every year.
Medications
May 07, 2012 |
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Within 0.5 millimeter for spinal column operations
With less than a 0.5 mm margin of error, Neuroglide, the robot developed by researchers in the robotics lab, allows for the placement of screws in small vertebrae with unequaled precision. KB Medical is the start-up being ...
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May 04, 2012 |
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Wheelchair breakdowns becoming more common
Wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI) report very high rates of wheelchair breakdowns—and the problem is getting worse, suggests a study in American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AJPM&R), the ...
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May 02, 2012 |
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