Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests. In mouse experiments, scientists ...

Scientists at UC San Diego are looking into the body's healing mechanisms for clues on recovery from spinal cord injury. A new study by researchers in the Department of Neurobiology (School of ...

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests. Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny ...

Patients implanted with a spinal cord simulation system reported less severe pain from baseline to follow up. Treatment also improved sensory nerve function and thermoregulation in extremities.

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

A second, smaller chordoma was strangling Flores’s spinal cord near the base of the skull ... often decorates her mother’s as well. She pictures herself working for an established nail ...

Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that arises from abnormal or malignant plasma cells. Normally, a healthy plasma cell is found in bone marrow and is responsible for producing antibodies ...

A life-changing therapy being used at a small rehabilitation clinic in suburban Chicago is giving new hope to people with spinal cord injuries. Next Steps Chicago in Willow Springs is a non-profit ...

Keio University doctors said they have taken a promising step toward using human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to treat spinal cord injuries. At a March 21 news conference, Hideyuki Okano ...