Each year thousands of patients face life-long losses in sensation and motor function from spinal cord injury and related conditions in which axons are badly damaged or severed. New research …read more Source:: Science
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New injection technique may boost spinal cord injury repair efforts
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•Researchers describe a new method for delivering neural precursor cells to spinal cord injuries in rats, reducing the risk of further injury and boosting the propagation of potentially reparative cells. …read more Source:: Science
Technology and therapy help individuals with chronic spinal cord injuries take steps
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•Of four research participants living with traumatic, motor complete spinal cord injury, two are able to walk over ground with epidural stimulation following epidural stimulation paired with daily locomotor training. …read more Source:: Science
Paralyzed mice with spinal cord injury made to walk again
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•Most people with spinal cord injury are paralyzed from the injury site down, even when the cord isn’t completely severed. Why don’t the spared portions of the spinal cord keep …read more Source:: Science