Monday, March 18, 2024

Tag: Neurons

Neuralstem files FDA application for first chronic spinal cord injury stem cell trial

Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex:CUR) announced that it has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Recovering Movement In Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

The University of California, Irvine, has just completed the very first study to show that human stem cells can bring back movement in spinal...

Human stem cells restore motor function in mice

IRVINE — A UC Irvine study is the first to demonstrate that human neural stem cells can restore mobility in cases of chronic spinal...

Department of Defense Gives $5.4 Million to Spinal Cord Injury Research

HOUSTON, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Department of Defense (DoD) awarded the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation a $5.4 million grant to...

Iraq Veteran Will Be First to Get Adult Stem Cell Treatment for Spinal Cord...

Last week, the FDA gave biotech firm Geron the green light to proceed with clinical trials of an embryonic stem cell treatment for spinal...

Researchers advance spinal cord injury treatments

(PhysOrg.com) -- A full recovery from a spinal cord injury? Don't hold your breath. Actually, according to Gordon Mitchell, a professor of neurosciences at...

Paralysed patients to have chip implanted in their brain that ‘reads’ their thoughts and...

Paralysed patients will one day be able to move their bodies using a robotic device controlled by a chip that has been implanted in...

Paralysed patients could benefit from robotic aids

Patients with spinal cord injuries could one day move paralysed parts of their bodies with a wearable robotic device controlled by a wireless chip...

Targeted molecules play only minor role in axon repair

Discovery underscores difficulties in developing regenerative spinal cord injury therapies Neuroscientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that removing...

Hope for spinal injuries

University of Alberta researchers have discovered spontaneously active receptors in the spinal cord Bucking conventional knowledge, University of Alberta researchers have identified spontaneously active receptors...