Thursday, March 28, 2024

Tag: Study

Optimal site for cell transplantation to treat spinal cord injury investigated

After laboratory mice received a contusive spinal cord injury at the T10 level, low and high doses of neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs) derived from...

Treadmill step training promotes motor function after incomplete spinal cord injury

A large body of evidence shows that spinal circuits are significantly affected by training, and that intrinsic circuits that drive locomotor tasks are located...

Stem cell scarring aids recovery from spinal cord injury

In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show that the scar tissue formed by stem cells after a spinal cord...

Dr. John Martin awarded $3.7M for movement control studies

$3.4M from NIH for brain development and injury research; $300K from Neilsen Foundation to study recovery of movement after brain or spinal injury The laboratory...

Non-UTI Problems Common with Urethral Catheters

A group of researchers would like to broaden urologists' conception of common complications from indwelling urethral catheters to include more than urinary tract infections. In...

BIDMC awarded NIH grant to study new treatment for spinal cord injuries

Noninvasive therapy combines combines transcranial magnetic stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation to activate weakened muscles BOSTON -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has been...

Irreversible tissue loss can occur quickly after spinal cord injury

Degenerative tissue loss resulting from a spinal cord injury was shown to develop in the spinal cord and brain as early as 40 days...

Canadian stem cell trials impeded by federal regulations, doctors say

When a Swiss-based researcher announced this month he had achieved some improvement in profoundly paralyzed spinal-cord-injury patients with an injection of stem cells, he...

A tiny step forward for spinal cord injuries

(CNN) -- As the sun rose over France on August 13, 2011, Knut Olstad was looking forward to continuing his bicycle journey along the...

Study shows how embryonic stem cells orchestrate human development

Yale researchers show in detail how three genes within human embryonic stem cells regulate development, a finding that increases understanding of how to grow...