June 6, 2007 (MedicalNewsToday.com)- Rats paralyzed due to loss of blood flow to the spine returned to near normal ambulatory function six weeks after receiving grafts of human spinal stem cells (hSSCs), researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine report...
By Steve Rennie, June 5, 2007 (Canadian Press)- rms trembling, Nicholas Schoenhoff pushed himself up from his wheelchair, grabbed a pair of silver canes and took a few wobbly steps - something the 15-year-old high school student never thought he'd manage after shattering his neck in a snowboarding accident two years ago...
June 3, 2007 (MedicalNewsToday.com)- Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiologists can better predict the likelihood of full or partial recovery of patients with acute spinal cord injuries (SCI), according to a study published in the June issue of the journal Radiology...
By Lisa Rosetta and Kirsten Stewart, May 27, 2007 (The Salt Lake Tribune)- When their 3-year-old twin sons started stumbling and losing their speech, Leo and Linda Witt hoped it wasn't serious.
When the seizures began, and blood tests and brain scans came back inconclusive, the Witts hoped for answers. And when - after two years of testing - doctors reached a diagnosis of Batten Disease...
May 20, 2007 (MedicalNewsToday.com)- The ability to regenerate nerve cells in the body could reduce the effects of trauma and disease in a dramatic way. In two presentations at the NSTI Nanotech 2007 Conference, researchers describe the use of nanotechnology to enhance the regeneration of nerve cells. In the first method...
May 15, 2007 (ScienceDaily.com)- U.S. medical scientists have discovered it's best to use similar nerves when repairing severed or damaged motor nerves with a donor graft.
Surgeons, when repairing damaged motor nerves, have traditionally used a sensory nerve from another area of the patient's body. However...
By Steven Edwards, May 11, 2007 (Wired Science)- Just in time for the Presidential election, Geron CEO Tom Okarma hopes to begin clinical trials for acute spinal cord injury in early 2008. If true, the timing couldn't be worse for embryonic stem cell proponents.“The world’s spotlight will be on this trial,” Tom Okarma, Geron’s chief executive, told the Bio conference...