All Articles Tagged As: spinal cord

Researchers Discover Key Gene for Making Motor Neurons (7/27/2008)

Genes evolved to ensure the generation of the diverse array of motor neuron subtypes needed for fine motor control of the limbs ...> Full Article

Spinal cord stem cells could be basis of new treatment (7/23/2008)

A researcher has pinpointed stem cells within the spinal cord that, if persuaded to differentiate into more healing cells and fewer scarring cells following an injury, may lead to a new, non-surgical treatment for debilitating spinal-cord injuries. ...> Full Article

Engineer Develops Detergent to Promote Peripheral Nerve Healing (6/11/2008)

100 Patients Treated Successfully in First Year of Use ...> Full Article

Study holds new promise for patients recovering from spinal injuries (1/13/2008)

Spinal cord damage blocks the routes the brain uses to send messages to the nerve cells that control walking. For years, doctors believed that the only way injured patients could walk again was to regrow the long nerve highways that link the brain and base of the spinal cord. ...> Full Article

Scientists restore walking after spinal cord injury (1/7/2008)

Spinal cord damage blocks the routes that the brain uses to send messages to the nerve cells that control walking. Until now, doctors believed that the only way for injured patients to walk again was to re-grow the long nerve highways that link the brain and base of the spinal cord. For the first time, a UCLA study shows that the central nervous system can reorganize itself and follow new pathways to restore the cellular communication required for movement. ...> Full Article

Researchers Find Elusive Stem Cells in Intervertebral Disc (11/2/2007)

Orthopedic researchers have for the first time found stem cells in the intervertebral discs of the human spine, suggesting that such cells might someday be used to help repair degenerating discs and remedy lower back and neck pain. ...> Full Article

A Step Forward In Understanding Tissue Damage After Spinal Cord Injury (8/3/2007)

Acute spinal cord injury can damage spinal cord tissue and result in loss of functions such as mobility or feeling. ...> Full Article

Blood Clotting Protein May Inhibit Spinal Cord Regeneration (7/9/2007)

Fibrinogen, a blood-clotting protein found in circulating blood, has been found to inhibit the growth of central nervous system neuronal cells, a process that is necessary for the regeneration of the spinal cord after traumatic injury. The findings by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, may explain why the human body is unable to repair itself after most spinal cord injuries. ...> Full Article

Scientists re-grow tadpole tail hoping to learn how to regenerate limbs in humans (3/2/2007)

Scientists at the Forsyth Institute may have moved one step closer to regenerating human spinal cord tissue by artificially inducing a frog tadpole to re-grow its tail at a stage in its development when it is normally impossible. ...> Full Article

Human stem cell transplants repair rat spinal cords (2/23/2007)

Human nerve stem cells transplanted into rats’ damaged spinal cords have survived, grown and in some cases connected with the rats’ own spinal cord cells in a Johns Hopkins laboratory, overturning the long-held notion that spinal cords won’t allow nerve repair. ...> Full Article

Expert to clone embryos (2/8/2005)

Clone researcher, professor Ian Wilmut and the Kings College London scientists have been granted licence to clone human embyos for studying motor neurone disease. Professor Wilmut is responsible for creating the first animal clone "Dolly". ...> Full Article