Category Archives: stem cell research

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/525165/ <P>By Jonathan H. Zippin, David R. Huron, Margarita Kamenetsky and Ulrich Hengst, November 10, 2006 (Newswise.com, Weill Cornell Medical College)- An enzyme called sAC helps spur the growth of nerve endings in the developing embryo, and might also be used to someday regrow these "axons" in adults paralyzed by spinal cord injury.</P> <P>The discovery,Continue reading “Team Discovers Molecular “Missing Link” Driving Nerve Cell Regrowth”

http://www.projo.com/news/content/BRAIN_SCIENTIST_08-26-07_CP6SPJ8.30b9840.html <p>By Felice J. Freyer, Aug 26, 2007 (projo.com)- Asked about the major award he just won, Brown University brain scientist John P. Donoghue reaches across his desk for his invitation to the upcoming ceremony in Germany.</p> <p>He opens it carefully and points to the names of the eminent scientists who will be there withContinue reading “Harnessing the power of thought — with a silicon chip”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081015144129.htm <p>ScienceDaily (Oct. 16, 2008) &mdash; Researchers in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have demonstrated for the first time that a direct artificial connection from the brain to muscles can restore voluntary movement in monkeys whose arms have been temporarily</p>

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/099200907051122.htm <p>New Delhi (IANS): Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here have rejoined a 10-year-old boy’s broken spinal cord, hospital authorities said Saturday, terming it as a &quot;first-of-its-kind case&quot;.</p> <p>The boy, Premchand from Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh, fell while playing in a field and the moving blades of a tractor’s harrowContinue reading “Broken spine rejoined in ‘miracle’ surgery”

http://www.healthjockey.com/2010/06/21/antibodies-appear-to-play-an-important-role-in-repair-of-nerve-injuries/ <p>The immune system produces antibodies in order to protect the body against invading pathogens such as viruses and bacteria. These viruses and bacteria function not only as soldiers but all nurses and this it appears was never known before. Researchers…</p>

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/china-halts-unapproved-stem-cell-treatments-as-industry-grows-in-country-with-lighter-rules/2012/01/10/gIQAnc2cnP_story.html BEIJING The Health Ministry ordered unapproved stem cell treatments stopped Tuesday as China tries to bring under control its growing but loosely regulated industry. The ministry stopped accepting applications for stem cell procedures until July and is implementing a yearlong campaign to halt unauthorized stem cell therapy trials…

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130603-905466.html?mod=googlenews_wsj NEWARK, Calif.,(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) today announced that Health Canada has authorized the Company to expand its Phase I/II clinical trial for chronic spinal cord injury into Canada. The Phase I/II trial, currently underway in Zurich, Switzerland, is designed to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy…

http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/53864-new-standards-proposed-for-reporting-spinal-cord-injury-experiments.html New Rochelle, NY —The difficulty in replicating and directly comparing and confirming the scientific results reported by researchers worldwide who are studying new approaches to treating spinal cord injuries is slowing the translation of important new findings to patient care.

https://www.mcknights.com/products/robotic-treatment-for-patients-with-spinal-injuries-newly-available/article/750760/ A “revolutionary” new robotic treatment for patients who have suffered spinal cord injuries, first developed in Japan, is now available in the U.S. It will be rolled out at Brooks Rehabilitation, a post-acute provider in Jacksonville, FL, which is partnering with Cyberdyne Inc., out of Japan. Together, they’re rolling out robotic legs called “HybridContinue reading “Robotic treatment for patients with spinal injuries newly available”

http://www.london-student.net/content/view/406/29/ <P>London Student, Davina Bristow 6/13/2006</P> <P>The paralysed may one day walk again thanks to groundbreaking research by scientists at UCL’s Spinal Repair Unit. Professor Geoffrey Raisman’s team can already cure rats with spinal cord injuries, restoring their ability to climb, and this autumn they are going to test their treatment on patients for theContinue reading “Could the paralysed walk again?”

http://http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-11/uosc-urc110206.php <P>Los Angeles, Nov. 2, 2006 (Eurekalert.org ) -A breakthrough finding on the mechanism of myelin formation by Jonah Chan, assistant professor of cell and neurobiology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, could have a major impact on the treatment of diseases such as multiple sclerosis and demyelination asContinue reading “USC study unravels key component in the process of myelination”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070515-09380800-bc-us-nerverepair.xml <P>May 15, 2007 (ScienceDaily.com)- U.S. medical scientists have discovered it’s best to use similar nerves when repairing severed or damaged motor nerves with a donor graft.</P> <P>Surgeons, when repairing damaged motor nerves, have traditionally used a sensory nerve from another area of the patient’s body. However…</P>

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=24314&sectionid=3510302 <p>By Patricia Khashayar, MD., Sept. 24, 2007 (Press TV)- Dr Hooshang Saberi is a neurosurgeon in Tehran University of Medical Science. Dr Saberi received his MD from Tehran University, where he also trained in neurosurgery and graduated in 1995.</p> <p>He also passed a one-year course in anatomy and then received an MPH in epidemiologyContinue reading “New hopes for patients with spinal cord injury”

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23135011-2862,00.html <p>Jan. 31, 2008 (Herald Sun)- SPINAL cord injury sufferers have been given fresh hope of improved movement with the first Australian trial of a new adult stem cell treatment.</p> <p>The trial will be conducted at a new dedicated spinal cord laboratory at Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital, the first of its kind in Australia toContinue reading “Spinal cord stem cell hope”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080604113048.htm <p>ScienceDaily (June 5, 2008) &mdash; A new report shows that a non-ambulatory (unable to walk or stand) child with a cervical spinal cord injury was able to restore basic walking function after intensive locomotor training. The case study, published in Physical Therapy (May 2008), the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA),Continue reading “Locomotor Training Restores Walking Function In Child With Spinal Cord Injury”