An estimated 18,000 people in the United States annually suffer from new injuries to their spinal cords. Unfortunately for ...

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) strives to promote educational and research development in the fields of ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. Applying low ...

"If you have a spinal cord injury, your main question is simple ... This suggests that the new blood test may accurately forecast long-term recovery for most patients, a central focus and concern for ...

“In the spinal cord injury field, we generally consider two groups of patients ... complicated experimental process—are probably needed to ensure the new growth is “integrated into the circuitry” of ...

The man had previously been classified as an 'A' on the spinal cord injury scale, meaning he was completely paralyzed, but is now classified as a 'D' on the scale, meaning he can walk with or ...

A recent study published in the journal Engineering delves into the application of tissue engineering in spinal cord injury (SCI ... condition that affects the central nervous system, often ...