ScienceDaily (Mar. 2, 2009) — Mount Sinai Hospital's Dr. Andras Nagy discovered a new method of creating stem cells that could lead to possible cures for devastating diseases including spinal cord injury, macular degeneration, diabetes and Parkinson's disease. The study, published by Nature, accelerates stem cell technology and provides a road map for new clinical approaches to...
With plans just approved for the first trial to treat spinal cord injuries in humans with embryonic stem cells, a team of Northwestern scientists is tackling the problem from a different angle: through microscopic messenger molecules that can tell the disconnected nerve cells to re-grow.
The molecules are called nanofibers, and scientists at Northwestern's Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine are...
US (ChattahBox) – Researchers have successfully used stem-cells to reverse spinal cord damage in laboratory tests, a huge step in what scientists hope is one of many steps that will revolutionize the way spinal injuries are treated.
The cells were transplanted into injured animals, which were able to then heal more then ten times faster then healthy...
A team of researchers at Keio University has succeeded in improving spinal cord damage in mice by transplanting into them neural stem cells produced with human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, they said.
The transplant is the first of its kind in which a therapeutic effect...
By Michelle Ponto / KHOU.com
HOUSTON -- Elena isn’t your average little girl. At 20 months, she’s already battled stage III cancer, and a spinal cord injury has left her in a wheelchair.
Elena Porras with her mom, Juliet.
Now, she’s getting ready to fight again. This time, she’s fighting for the chance to walk.
“She’s paralyzed from the waist down, but from...