Researchers at Keio University have begun using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat and maybe even cure severe ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows because of arthritis, bone spurs, or other problems.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) resulting in severe paralysis is known to deteriorate the quality of life of humans. However, the treatment strategies for recovery of motor function after SCI are limited.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes a specific type of damage, called demyelination, to the central nervous system, including the spinal cord. MS is a neurological disease. It causes the immune system ...

Courtine, and his colleague, the neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch, now felt confident that they could deploy the technologies to help patients with spinal cord injuries get back on their feet again.

These bones, or vertebrae, enclose and protect a cylinder of nerve tissues known as the spinal cord. Between each one of the vertebrae is an intervertebral disk, or band of cartilage serving as a ...