A team of researchers at Rowan University has developed an injectable biomaterial that could significantly improve recovery ...

Community members are rallying around a young Southern California lifeguard who suffered a serious spinal cord injury while ...

Spinal cord injuries are currently incurable with devastating effects on people's lives, but now a trial at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland offers hope for an effective treatment. Spinal ...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the University of Auckland in New Zealand have developed a ...

(CNN) — New research reveals how a medical device helped one man with paralysis walk naturally again, more than a decade after an injury.

The spinal cord, like the brain, is made of delicate tissue that is isolated from the body’s immune system by physical barriers that restrict the entry of immune cells.

A 40-year-old man whose legs were paralyzed in a cycling accident 12 years ago can walk again thanks to implants in his brain and spinal cord. The brain-spine interface (BSI) has remained stable ...

The implant delivers bursts of electrical signals, stimulating his spinal cord to make his leg muscles move. A man with Parkinson’s disease has regained the ability to walk after physicians ...

FRIDAY, March 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A muscle-stimulating implant combined with a robotic exoskeleton can help restore movement in people paralyzed by a spinal cord injury, a new study says.

The patient, Gert-Jan Oskam, suffered a spinal cord injury from a motor bike accident 12 years ago. "When we met him, he was completely paralyzed, unable to take a step by himself without ...

After recovering from surgery, he went to the lab, where scientists began delivering pulses of electricity to certain nerves in his spinal cord. Sponsor Message At first, he felt nothing.