Scientists continue to break new ground in the realm of cellular reprogramming, a burgeoning area of medical research where one type of cell is retrained to fulfill the role of another. A team at Ohio ...

If the spinal cord in a mouse or human suffers damage, temporary paralysis occurs until the damage is healed, and motor function is then restored. But when the spinal cord damage is severe and total, ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have developed a new spinal stimulator that can help restore lower limb function to paralyzed patients. The tiny device can be non-invasively implanted through a syringe.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Synchron, the brain-computer interface (BCI) company developing endovascular technology to restore functionality in patients with motor impairment, today announced the ...

(Nanowerk News) A new study conducted by SISSA and the University of Trieste shows the efficacy of carbon nanotube implants to restore motor functions and paves the way for a new therapeutic approach ...

Gain Therapeutics’ phase 1 drug for Parkinson’s disease associated with a common gene mutation appears to restore motor function in mice, even after a delay between symptom onset and treatment, new ...

When the spinal cords of mice and humans are partially damaged, the initial paralysis is followed by the extensive, spontaneous recovery of motor function. However, after a complete spinal cord injury ...

Author: Jared Cregg, Neurosciences graduate student at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio is first author on the study. His advisor, Jerry Silver, PhD, Professor of ...

When the spinal cords of mice and humans are partially damaged, the initial paralysis is followed by the extensive, spontaneous recovery of motor function. However, after a complete spinal cord injury ...