Meningitis can be a frightening diagnosis. Our expert guide breaks down the different types—bacterial, viral, and fungal—and ...

Researchers in New Zealand have demonstrated a minimally invasive technology that has effectively aided in restoring movement ...

New laboratory at Polytechnic University to start clinical trials for advanced therapy products after facility is fully licensed Hongkongers with spinal cord injuries may have a chance to regain ...

It shows that with electrical stimulation and training, the spinal cord can regain control over paralyzed muscles even years after an injury. “If we rush too fast, there’s going to be mistakes.” ...

An ultra-thin spinal implant that delivers gentle electric currents has restored movement and touch sensation in rats ...

Spinal cord injury-induced paralysis of the respiratory muscles causes low oxygen in the blood, increases the body’s drive to breathe and drives any functioning respiratory muscles to work harder. The ...

In one group – that had just recently been injured – the implant successfully bridged the gap in their spinal cord, allowing 100 percent of the mice to regain full use of the leg after a ...

Electrical stimulation directly to the spinal cord could offer paralyzed people hope, ... “I’ll never live that down, and now it’s the mantra of the lab,” she says with a laugh.

Their results, published this week in the Journal of Neurotrauma, indicate that these lab-grown cells have the potential to one day help paralyzed patients breathe without a ventilator. ... In a study ...

Over a century later Morgan’s lab in particular has led many breakthroughs, including a 2018 study that found genes that aid spinal cord healing in lamprey are also present in mammals. MBL Associate ...

Researchers from Drexel University College of Medicine and the University of Texas at Austin improved respiratory function in rodents with spinal cord injuries after successfully transplanting a ...

Lab-Grown Neurons Improve Breathing in Rats After Spinal Cord Injury. By Lauren Ingeno. June 6, 2018 ... Lane and his colleagues found that weeks after injury, the spinal cord recruits V2a ...