A clinical trial that would test the use of embryonic stem cells to treat spinal cord injury could begin within three months.
The Scientist is reporting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may lift its hold on a trial sponsored by California biotech Geron Corp. by early ...
ScienceDaily (Oct. 16, 2008) — Researchers in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have demonstrated for the first time that a direct artificial connection from the brain to muscles can restore voluntary movement in monkeys whose arms have been temporarily
By John Barry, Times Staff Writer
In print: Sunday, October 12, 2008
These small, feel-good stories have popped up all over the country the past two years, mostly buried on the inside local news pages:
Chicago: Mother of three with MS finds new mobility.
ScienceDaily (Oct. 11, 2008) — In a groundbreaking study led by a molecular biologist at Florida State University, researchers have discovered that as embryonic stem cells turn into different cell types, there are dramatic corresponding changes to the order in which DNA is replicated and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
23.08.2008
By Matt Stewart
Scientists funded by Masterton's CatWalk Trust have developed a breakthrough gel that has the potential to improve healing in spinal cord damage repair.
"This is huge we're very excited the money we spent is looking like it's going to be extremely beneficial we're buzzing," trust founder Catriona Williams said.
A former international equestrian representative, Mrs Williams founded the CatWalk Trust in 2005 after a fall from a horse...
The proteoglycan chondroitin sulfate (CSPG) plays an important role not just in the formation of the glial scar but also in the repair of spinal cord injury, according to an article released on August 18, 2008 in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine.
In injuries to the central nervous system such as spinal cord injury, the glial...