A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first ...

He told them the mass was an ependymoma, a benign tumor that filled the diameter of Loutzenhiser’s spinal cord. These rare ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) patients often rely on their loved ones as caregivers for help with daily tasks. Caring for a loved ...

A team of researchers in Japan says two of four patients who received transplantation of special stem cells showed motor ...

Paralysis caused by serious spinal cord injuries affects more than 150,000 patients in Japan alone, with 5,000 new cases each ...

A muscle-stimulating implant combined with a robotic exoskeleton can help restore movement in people paralyzed by a s ...

A team of Japanese researchers reports that two out of four patients who received stem cell transplants showed improvements ...

Advances in tissue engineering offer hope for spinal cord injury repair, utilizing biomaterials, stem cells, and bioactive ...

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous system. An MRI can detect spinal cord lesions and help diagnose and monitor the condition. Multiple ...

A new development in spinal cord injury treatment is offering new hope for those facing life-altering mobility challenges ...

Spinal cord injuries are life-altering, often leaving individuals with severe mobility impairments. While rehabilitation robotics-devices that guide movement during therapy-have improved training for ...