Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have created a drug that can lure stem cells to damaged tissue and improve treatment efficacy—a scientific first and major advance for the field of regenerative ...
Nov 24, 2020
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The research, carried out using a wearable cuff, provides a new method for monitoring movements in babies, and new insights into how babies' reflexes—like kicking—develop. These insights and the cuff could also be used ...
Nov 20, 2020
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Scientists in The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for Advanced Pain Studies (CAPS) have furthered the understanding of how chronic pain functions differently in males and females, including identifying different ways ...
Nov 12, 2020
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Penn Medicine researchers have developed a new targeted approach to prevent a toxicity seen in the sensory neurons of dorsal root ganglia after gene therapy to treat neurological disorders. It's an important hurdle to clear, ...
Nov 11, 2020
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Researchers from the Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine announced today in the journal Neuron that they've uncovered additional complexities behind mechanical allodynia—the ...
Nov 11, 2020
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Lower back pain caused by degenerative disc disorder affects approximately 40% of the population over 40 and though many of us may never experience adverse effects from the disorder, it is the cause of chronic back pain for ...
Oct 30, 2020
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Movement in animals is complex, especially in human beings. A variety of neurons coordinate the activity and inactivity of our muscles, and without that coordination we'd fall flat on our face when we went for a walk.
Oct 22, 2020
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Researchers in Japan have demonstrated for the first time the spinal motor module hypothesis in the primate arm, opening a new pathway for recovery after disease or injury.
Oct 12, 2020
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Spinal cord injury often leads to permanent functional impairment. In a new study published in the journal Science researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show that it is possible to stimulate stem cells in the mouse ...
Oct 1, 2020
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In a new University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers have discovered how regulatory T cells (Treg) are instrumental in limiting the damage caused to the spinal cord in diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS).
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