News tagged with spinal cord
Related topics: spinal cord injuries , nerve cells , brain , central nervous system , stem cells
Research advances understanding of the human brain
(Medical Xpress)—Advanced neuroimaging techniques are giving researchers new insight into how the human brain plans and controls limb movements. This advance could one day lead to new understanding of disease ...
Neuroscience
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Restoring paretic hand function via an artificial neural connection bridging spinal cord injury
Functional loss of limb control in individuals with spinal cord injury or stroke can be caused by interruption of the neural pathways between brain and spinal cord, although the neural circuits located above and below the ...
Neuroscience
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Neural stem cell transplants for spinal cord injury maximized by combined, complimentary therapies
Combined, complimentary therapies have the ability to maximize the benefits of neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation for spinal cord repair in rat models, according to a study carried out by a team of Korean researchers ...
Medical research
Apr 17, 2012 |
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A new program for neural stem cells
German researchers succeed in obtaining brain and spinal cord cells from stem cells of the peripheral nervous system.
Neuroscience
May 12, 2011 |
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Unexpected cell repairs injured spinal cord
Lesions to the brain or spinal cord rarely heal fully, which leads to permanent functional impairment. After injury to the central nervous system (CNS), neurons are lost and largely replaced by a scar often referred to as ...
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Jul 07, 2011 |
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Birth defects linked to coal and pesticides
(Medical Xpress) -- According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pregnant mothers who are exposed to pesticides and smoke are as much as four times more likely to give birth ...
Health
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Embryonic stem cell therapy for paralysis given to first patient in western United States
The Stanford University School of Medicine and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center have enrolled the fourth participant in the nation’s first trial of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells. The phase-1, FDA-approved ...
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Sep 21, 2011 |
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Evidence for spinal membrane as a source of stem cells may advance spinal cord treatment
Italian and Spanish scientists studying the use of stem cells for treating spinal cord injuries have provided the first evidence to show that meninges, the membrane which envelops the central nervous system, is a potential ...
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Oct 28, 2011 |
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Researchers work with platelet-rich plasma to heal chronic wounds in veterans
(Medical Xpress) -- During the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, blast injuries resulting from improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, and roadsides bombs took countless lives and left thousands of soldiers ...
Medical research
Nov 10, 2011 |
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First US embryonic stem cell trial is halted
The first-ever trial using human embryonic stem cells to treat paralysis has been halted due to high costs and the company will focus instead on new cancer treatments, Geron said Tuesday.
Medical research
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Doctor looks to China for spinal injury 'cure'
One of the world's leading researchers into spinal cord injuries says China could hold the key to a cure that he has been searching for since he met late actor Christopher Reeve in the 1990s.
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Mar 07, 2012 |
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Biologists identify a key enzyme involved in protecting nerves from degeneration
- A new animal model of nerve injury has brought to light a critical role of an enzyme called Nmnat in nerve fiber maintenance and neuroprotection. Understanding biological pathways involved in maintaining healthy nerves ...
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Mar 30, 2012 |
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New genetically engineered mice aid understanding of incurable neuromuscular disease
A team of scientists from the University of Missouri created a genetically modified mouse that mimics key features of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, an inherited neuromuscular disease affecting approximately 150,000 people ...
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Apr 17, 2012 |
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New insight into pain mechanisms
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers in the UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research have made a discovery which could help the development of analgesic drugs able to treat nerve damage-related pain.
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Apr 25, 2012 |
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How human cells 'hold hands'
University of Iowa biologists have advanced the knowledge of human neurodevelopmental disorders by finding that a lack of a particular group of cell adhesion molecules in the cerebral cortex -- the outermost layer of the ...
Neuroscience
Apr 30, 2012 |
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