News tagged with spinal
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 ...
Nov 18, 2011 |
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New miniature smart chip implant to combat chronic pain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Human trials will begin in Australia next year of a new device containing tiny smart chips which is implanted in the spinal cord or other nerves in the body to block pain signals and prevent ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Research uncovers extensive natural recovery after spinal cord injury
A study led by researchers in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows unexpected and extensive natural recovery after spinal cord injury in primates. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 14, 2010 |
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How injured nerves grow themselves back
Unlike nerves of the spinal cord, the peripheral nerves that connect our limbs and organs to the central nervous system have an astonishing ability to regenerate themselves after injury. Now, a new report in the October 1st ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 27, 2010 |
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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.
May 01, 2012 |
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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 ...
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Researchers block morphine's itchy side effect
Itching is one of the most prevalent side effects of powerful, pain-killing drugs like morphine, oxycodone and other opioids. The opiate-associated itch is so common that even women who get epidurals for labor ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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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 ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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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
Mar 30, 2011 |
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The role of metal ions in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects motor neurons in the spinal cord, leading to muscle weakness, ...
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Cancer drug aids cell regeneration after spinal cord injury
In a study published today in Science (e-publication ahead of print), a global research team reports that the cancer drug Taxol (Paclitaxel) promotes the regeneration of injured nerve cells in the central nervou ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Switch off enzyme to control chronic pain, say researchers
A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has developed a new drug targeted at parts of the brain and spinal cord associated with pain perception, which may more effectively control chronic pain caused by nerve injuries.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Stem cell research breaks new ground in 2010
Two US companies this year broke new ground by winning regulatory approval to start the first experiments using embryonic stem cells on humans suffering from spinal cord injury and blindness.
Dec 30, 2010 |
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Robot arm improves performance of brain-controlled device
The performance of a brain-machine interface designed to help paralyzed subjects move objects with their thoughts is improved with the addition of a robotic arm providing sensory feedback, a new study from ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Feds OK 2nd human study of embryonic stem cells
(AP) -- For only the second time, the U.S. government has approved a test in people of a treatment using embryonic stem cells - this time for a rare disease that causes serious vision loss.
Nov 22, 2010 |
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