Category Archives: stem cell research

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/09/18/scispine118.xml <p>IBy Roger Highfield, Science Editor- Scientists have found a way to make a kind of cells called astrocytes from embryonic stem cells.&nbsp; Image of adult astrocytes found in untreated adult spinal cord scar tissue.&nbsp; Tests showed that they can coax 40 per cent of severed nerve fibres to regrow in around a week inContinue reading “Special nerve cells could be key to treating spinal injuries”

http://tvnz.co.nz/health-news/cutting-edge-surgery-soon-paralysed-kiwis-2564861 <p>New Zealand doctors are on the verge of getting approval for cutting-edge surgery that could help the paralysed feel or even walk again. <br /> &nbsp; <br /> The experimental procedure, which has only been attempted in a few countries, uses the patient’s own stem cells to try to repair the severed spinal chord…</p>

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/effort-to-regenerate-injured-spinal-cords-turns-to-a-new-model-79072572.html <p>GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — For more than 400 years, scientists have studied the amazing regenerative power of salamanders, trying to understand how these creatures routinely repair injuries that would usually leave humans and other mammals paralyzed — or worse.</p> <p>Now, fueled by a highly competitive National Institutes of Health Grand Opportunity grantContinue reading “Effort to Regenerate Injured Spinal Cords Turns to a New Model”

http://www.capitolnewsconnection.org/news/lawmakers-craft-legislation-protect-stem-cell-research <p>Ana Radelat from Washington, DC <br /> CNC News | September 29, 2010 <br /> Share Ask a question Comment WASHINGTON — Yesterday’s US Court of Appeal’s ruling that overturned a lower court injunction against the federal funding of stem cell research is only the latest round of a protracted political battle over thatContinue reading “Lawmakers Craft Legislation to Protect Stem Cell Research”

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2011-11-15/Geron-halting-stem-cell-research-laying-off-staff/51215752/1 TRENTON, N.J. The company doing the first government-approved test of embryonic stem cell therapy is discontinuing further stem cell work, a move with stark implications for a field offering hope of future medicines for conditions with inadequate or no current treatments…

http://www.healthcanal.com/surgery-rehabilitation/32789-New-Rehabiliation-Research-Demonstrates-Significant-Functional-Improvements-Patients-with-Spinal-Cord-Injuries.html STONY BROOK, N.Y. – A series of rehabilitation studies published in the September 2012 issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation demonstrate that innovative treatments for individuals with spinal cord injuries can lead to significant functional improvements in patients and a higher quality of life. Sue Ann Sisto, PT, MA, PhD, ProfessorContinue reading “New Rehabiliation Research Demonstrates Significant Functional Improvements in Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries”

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/stemcells-inc-provides-update-on-its-phase-iii-study-in-spinal-cord-injury-2014-05-19?reflink=MW_news_stmp StemCells, Inc. STEM +0.71% announced today that Armin Curt, M.D., study principal investigator, presented an interim update on the Phase I/II trial in spinal cord injury at the Annual Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association in San Antonio, Texas. Interim analysis of clinical data to date has shown that the significant post-transplant gains…

http://clinicaltrials.pharmaceutical-business-review.com/news/health-canada-grants-approval-for-stemcells-phase-ii-trial-for-cervical-spinal-cord-injury-190615-4604936 Health Canada has granted approval for StemCells to expand its Phase II clinical trial (Pathway Study) to evaluate the efficacy of company’s HuCNS-SC platform technology for chronic cervical spinal cord injury. The Phase II Pathway Study’s primary efficacy outcome is the change in motor strength of the…

http://www.couriermail.com.au/technology/science/surgery-can-prompt-sensory-nerves-to-sprout-fresh-connections-to-spinal-cord/news-story/e22d49b3772d03e7f008524abf8d53a8 Jamie Seidel, News Corp Australia Network THE quest to repair spinal cord injuries is a medical holy grail. Now, we’re beginning to understand how it could be done. And the fix may already be in our own bodies. A study by Kings College London examined a new surgery technique capable of reconnecting complex sensoryContinue reading “Surgery can prompt sensory nerves to ‘sprout’ fresh connections to spinal cord”

http://www.newswise.com/articles/in-a-break-with-dogma%2C-myelin-boosts-neuron-growth-in-spinal-cord-injuries Recovery after severe spinal cord injury is notoriously fraught, with permanent paralysis often the result. In recent years, researchers have increasingly turned to stem cell-based therapies as a potential method for repairing and replacing damaged nerve cells. They have struggled, however, to overcome numerous innate barriers, including myelin, a mixture of insulating proteins andContinue reading “In a Break with Dogma, Myelin Boosts Neuron Growth in 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”

http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/content/full/88/8/1897 By Keith H. Bridwell et.al., August 2006 (JB&amp;JS) – As is the case with other areas of the spine, advances in the treatment of the cervical spine have been made in the development of new technology such as disc arthroplasty, in the achievement of a better understanding of surgical morbidity, and in attempts toContinue reading “What’s New in Spine Surgery”

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_6001594 By Lisa Rosetta and Kirsten Stewart, May 27, 2007 (The Salt Lake Tribune)- When their 3-year-old twin sons started stumbling and losing their speech, Leo and Linda Witt hoped it wasn’t serious. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When the seizures began, and blood tests and brain scans came back inconclusive, the Witts hoped for answers. And when –Continue reading “New therapies using adult stem cells in the works”

http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/health-care/brainstorm-cell-therapeutics-rutgers-university-study-shows-transplanting-ntf/ <p>NEW YORK &amp; PETACH TIKVAH, Israel, Jul 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) —-BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (OTCBB:BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell technologies and therapeutics, has completed a preclinical study in collaboration with the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The study …</p>

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62053124,00.htm <p>By Leslie Katz, CNET News.com<br /> Tuesday, April 14, 2009 08:59 AM<br /> This is about the closest thing to a Superman suit we’ve seen. Put it on, say its creators, and the motorized Hybrid Assistive Limb can &quot;expand and improve physical capability&quot; up to tenfold in activities such as walking, standing, and climbingContinue reading “Wearable bot said to make the weak stronger”