Scientists have discovered biomarkers that can indicate how severe a spinal cord injury is and the likelihood of recovery. | ...

New study in @jclinicalinvest by @HopkinsMedicine researchers suggests experimental blood test can indicate spinal cord ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Alyce by emailing [email protected] A high school dancer had her life changed forever when she suffered a spinal cord stroke last year ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

By analyzing DNA and proteins in the blood of people with and without acute spinal cord injuries (SCIs), researchers at the ...