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Key Advance In Treating Spinal Cord Injuries Found In Manipulating Stem Cells

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2008) — Researchers in Rochester, N.Y., and Colorado have shown that manipulating stem cells prior to transplantation may hold the key to overcoming a critical obstacle to using stem cell technology to repair spinal cord injuries.

Research from a team of scientists from the University of Rochester Medical Center and the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, published today in the online...

posted @ Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:15 PM by pmorton

Special nerve cells could be key to treating spinal injuries

IBy Roger Highfield, Science Editor- Scientists have found a way to make a kind of cells called astrocytes from embryonic stem cells. Image of adult astrocytes found in untreated adult spinal cord scar tissue. Tests showed that they can coax 40 per cent of severed nerve fibres to regrow in around a week in rats with spinal injuries, restoring the animals' ability to move freely...

posted @ Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:13 PM by pmorton

EMEA Recommends Orphan Drug Designation for AX200 in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury

HEIDELBERG, Germany, Sept. 18, 2008 –SYGNIS Pharma AG (Frankfurt: LIO; ISIN DE0005043509; Prime Standard) today announced that it has received a positive recommendation from the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for AX200 in the treatment of spinal cord injury...

posted @ Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:09 PM by pmorton

Following Spinal Cord Injury, Sole Use Of Impaired Limb Improves Recovery

Medicalnewstoday - September 18, 2008 - A new study finds that following minor spinal cord injury, rats that had to use impaired limbs showed full recovery due to increased growth of healthy nerve fibers and the formation of new nerve cell connections. Published in the September 17 issue of The Journal of...

posted @ Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:01 PM by pmorton