March 15th 2021 Justin Varholick, PhD Recently, a team of scientists from Yale University and Sapparo Medical University in Japan treated spinal cord injury patients with their own bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), increasing their ability to walk and use their hands. Previous to the treatment, 13 patients had sustained falls or minor … Continue reading One step closer to treating spinal cord injury with our own stem cells
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Research Roundup: Using CRISPR to boost lifespan, human trial using induced pluripotent stem cells to treat spinal cord injury approved and more!
Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: Using CRISPR to boost lifespan, human trial using induced pluripotent stem cells to treat spinal cord injury approved and more!
Research Roundup: Three paralyzed men walk again thanks to animal research; a promising new therapy to stop Parkinson’s disease and more!
Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: Three paralyzed men walk again thanks to animal research; a promising new therapy to stop Parkinson’s disease and more!
Research roundup: Promising gene therapy for spinal cord injury, a new sex changed mouse model and more!
Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research roundup: Promising gene therapy for spinal cord injury, a new sex changed mouse model and more!
Research Roundup: Clinical trials planned for promising stroke treatment, using stem cells to treat spinal cord injury and more!
Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: Clinical trials planned for promising stroke treatment, using stem cells to treat spinal cord injury and more!
Research Roundup: Zika virus used to treat brain cancer, improving bladder function after spinal cord injury and more!
Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: Zika virus used to treat brain cancer, improving bladder function after spinal cord injury and more!
Spinal cord stimulation restores monkey’s ability to move paralysed hand
Today scientists at the Newcastle University Movement Laboratory announced that they have succeeded in restoring the ability to grasp and pull a lever with a paralysed hand using spinal cord stimulation. In a study undertaken in macaque monkeys they demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to restore voluntary movement in upper limb … Continue reading Spinal cord stimulation restores monkey’s ability to move paralysed hand
Paralysed dogs walk again thanks to nasal cell transplants…and Professor Raisman’s rats.
This morning the BBC News carried a report on a medical breakthrough – and it is not a term I use lightly – that has enormous implications for people who have been paralysed following spinal cord injuries. A team at the University of Cambridge led by Professor Robin Franklin Department of Veterinary Medicine, along with colleagues … Continue reading Paralysed dogs walk again thanks to nasal cell transplants…and Professor Raisman’s rats.
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