Tag: Clinical Trial
A Stem Cell Christmas Miracle?
A report earlier this week that South Korean researchers have used stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood to help a woman with a...
Paralyzed woman walks again after stem cell therapy
=SEOUL : A South Korean woman paralyzed for 20 years is walking again after scientists say they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells...
Family pins hope on research
4-year-old injured in 2003 accident making progress
By Lisa Scheller, News Editor
He careens through his house in his wheelchair, zipping from one room to another...
Stem-Cell Industry, Research Evolving
With Limits on Federal Funding for Stem Cells, Researchers Look for Private and Business Backing
By ERIC NOE
Much has been made of President Bush's 2001...
Was methylprednisolone given?
This is the high-dose steroid (30 mg/kg intravenous bolus followed by 5.4 mg/kg/hour for 23 hours if it is started within 3 hours...
New University College London Unit Holds Out Hope Of Repair Of Spinal Cord Injuries
Clinical trials that could ultimately lead to repair of spinal cord injuries are scheduled to begin within three years at University College London, following...
Spinal Cord Repair Trials Given Go-Ahead
Human trials of a technique with the potential to repair spinal cord injuries are set to start within three years, experts said today.
The work,...
Spinal Cord Nerve Cells Receive a Boost
Newswise — Two studies presented at the 129th annual meeting of the American Neurological Association in Toronto describe substances that could help protect nerve...
Do therapies have to be applied shortly after injury?
Several experimental therapies are aimed at restoring function in chronic spinal cord injury, when recovery has stabilized a year or more after injury.
These...
What experimental clinical therapies are available?
Several clinical trials are assessing therapies that are applied within 2 weeks after injury.
These include activated macrophages (which may help repair the injured cord),...