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https://www.genengnews.com/news/paralyzed-mice-walk-again-after-treatment-with-designer-cytokine/ In mice, loss of hindlimb motion due to spinal cord injury was significantly reversed by DNA encoding hyper-interleukin-6 (hIL-6), a designer cytokine…

https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/new-therapy-helps-some-regain-motion-lost-spinal-injury In a small study of physical therapy combined with a noninvasive method of stimulating spinal-cord nerve cells, University of Washington researchers helped six Seattle-area participants regain some hand and arm mobility…

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/ai-scj110620.php New work published in the scientific journal Stem Cells by investigators from the Stem Cell Institute at the University of Minnesota describes a scientific breakthrough that could help accelerate development of new treatments for…

https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/Fulltext/2020/12030/A_Newly_Identified_Immune_Cell_Promotes_Axon.2.aspx By Jamie Talan December 3, 2020 Article In Brief Researchers have identified an immune cell in mice that promotes axon regeneration and neuronal survival and could potentially be harnessed as a treatment for brain, spinal cord, and optic nerve damage.

https://www.themiamiproject.org/motor-circuit-recovery/ Dr. James Guest in surgery suite Miami Project Researchers Discover Progressive Motor Circuit Recovery After Cell Transplantation (November 2020) – A Miami Project to Cure Paralysis research team, led by James Guest, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project, recently published a paper in Frontiers in Neurology, titled ProgressiveContinue reading “MiamiProject Researchers Discover Progressive Motor Circuit Recovery after Cell Transplantation”

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-path-neuron-regeneration-spinal-cord.html Dynamic networks that specialize in the transmission of information generally consist of multiple components, including not only primary processors, like computers, for example, but also numerous support applications and services. The human nervous system is…

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200423130508.htm Researchers have been able to restore sensation to the hand of a research participant with a severe spinal cord injury using a brain-computer interface (BCI) system. The technology harnesses neural signals that are so minuscule they can’t be perceived and enhances them via artificial sensory feedback sent back to the participant, resulting in greatlyContinue reading “Researchers restore injured man’s sense of touch using brain-computer interface technology”

https://interestingengineering.com/intel-and-brown-university-are-developing-an-ai-system-to-help-paralyzed-patients Spinal cord injuries alter someone’s life forever, and they can happen to anyone. When someone suffers a serious spinal cord injury, they most typically become paralyzed from that point down, or up. The reason behind this devastating paralysis is because the human body isn’t able to regenerate severed nerve fibers. The brain loses itsContinue reading “Intel and Brown University Are Developing an AI System to Help Paralyzed Patients”

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/64056/veterans-spinal-cord-injury/ VA doctors are among a team of researchers at the Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center restoring respiratory muscle function to Veterans and individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Doctors Anthony DiMarco and Krzysztof Kowalski developed the first method in the world that can activate expiratory muscles (abdominal and lower rib cage muscles), using minimally invasiveContinue reading “Spinal cord injury Veterans can now effectively cough”

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/epipen-spinal-cord-injury This new research could help individuals recover from one of the most dreaded types of injury. • Brain and spinal cord injuries are notoriously difficult to treat, with many existing methods of treatment provoking undesirable side effects. • Now, new research demonstrated a novel technique using nanoparticles to “program” the body’s immune cells suchContinue reading “Scientists develop an ‘EpiPen’ for brain and spinal cord injuries”

https://www.beckersspine.com/spine/item/46247-10-key-updates-in-spinal-cord-injury-treatment-in-2019.html Here are 10 key updates in spinal cord injury research this year. 1. A federal court ordered that Sunrise, Fla.-based regenerative medicine companies US Stem Cell Clinic and US Stem Cell stop providing stem cell treatments to patients. The U.S. alleged that the defendants advertised “stromal vascular fraction” products as stem-cell based treatments forContinue reading “10 key updates in spinal cord injury treatment in 2019”

https://www.cnet.com/news/elon-musk-neuralink-works-monkeys-human-test-brain-computer-interface-in-2020/ Neuralink, Elon Musk’s startup that’s trying to directly link brains and computers, has developed a system to feed thousands of electrical probes into a brain and hopes to start testing the technology on humans in in 2020, Chief Executive Elon Musk revealed Tuesday. And it’s working already in animal tests. “A monkey has beenContinue reading “Elon Musk says Neuralink plans 2020 human test of brain-computer interface”

https://singularityhub.com/2019/05/29/how-two-paralyzed-patients-walked-again-without-surgery/ Just a decade ago, the Walk Again Project was a blue sky, Hail Mary moonshot at total neural rehab for those paralyzed. The project, a collaboration among fearless neuroengineers, has the lofty goal of giving patients with spinal cord injuries their dignity, autonomy, and lives back in full. Perhaps a testament to the team’sContinue reading “How Two Paralyzed Patients Walked Again Without Surgery”

https://www.biospace.com/article/injectable-peptide-might-help-spinal-cord-injury-patients-walk-again/ A systemically injectable peptide, which may make it possible to restore lost functions in spinal cord injury patients, is moving toward clinical trials in early 2020.The treatment, which was developed by Jerry Silver, a professor of neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine and advisor for NervGen Pharma, is the culmination ofContinue reading “Injectable Peptide Might Help Spinal Cord Injury Patients Walk Again”