News tagged with cord injuries

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Humble worm helps Queensland and US scientists in nerve research

Australian and US scientists have developed a new technology for studying the genetics of a common roundworm used to understand nerve development and nerve degeneration.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tongue drive system goes inside the mouth to improve performance and user comfort

The Tongue Drive System is getting less conspicuous and more capable. Tongue Drive is a wireless device that enables people with high-level spinal cord injuries to operate a computer and maneuver an electrically ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New device for rapid, mobile detection of brain injury

When accidents that involve traumatic brain injuries occur, a speedy diagnosis followed by the proper treatment can mean the difference between life and death. A research team, led by Jason D. Riley in the Section on Analytical ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stem cell research in the UK reaches significant milestone

Stem cell scientists at King's College London will today announce they have submitted to the UK Stem Cell Bank (UKSCB) their first clinical grade human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines that are free from animal-derived products, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Montpellier team turns tables on robot-human interactions (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have entered a newer phase of serving, not obeying. for use in medical settings. Chapter one in robotics history encouraged a perception of clever little machines skating around with ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Europe's first human embryonic stem cell trial approved

A US biotech company said Thursday it will soon begin the first-ever European trials using human embryonic stem cells in an experimental treatment for people with a form of juvenile blindness.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers overcome major obstacle for stem cell therapies and research

Stem cells show great potential to enable treatments for conditions such as spinal injuries or Lou Gehrig's disease, and also as research tools. One of the greatest problems slowing such work is that researchers have found ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Suit against federal stem cell research dismissed

(AP) -- A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was thrown out Wednesday, allowing the U.S. to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physical disabilities add challenge to pregnancy

(AP) -- Her first pregnancy brought Dianna Fiore Radoslovich a break from the weakness and pain of her multiple sclerosis.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fish offer clues to spinal cord renewal

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spinal cord injuries are devastating, but fish may be the key to finding a cure.Research shows adult fish that sustain a spinal cord injury have the miraculous ability to not only regenerate ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers probe nervous system repair

(PhysOrg.com) -- In humans, regeneration of the peripheral nervous system after injury remains a hit-or-miss affair, while brain and spinal cord damage usually results in lifelong disabilities.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Spinal cord processes information just like areas of the brain

Patrick Stroman's work mapping the function and information processing of the spinal cord could improve treatment for spinal cord injuries.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2

Children should ride in rear-facing car seats longer, until they are 2 years old instead of 1, according to updated advice from a medical group and a federal agency.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers focus on human cells for spinal cord injury repair

For the first time, scientists discovered that a specific type of human cell, generated from stem cells and transplanted into spinal cord injured rats, provide tremendous benefit, not only repairing damage to the nervous ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Injured gymnast treated with cold recovering from spinal cord damage

A double flip gone wrong two weeks ago sent a 20-year-old Miami state champion gymnast to Jackson Memorial Hospital with a bilateral dislocation of two vertebrae. Jorge Valdez had attempted the double flip at a gym near The ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0