Back to walking thanks to an implant, even with the spinal cord severed
A very important step (it should be said) in the right direction. Before today, no one with a severed spinal cord has ever walked like this.
A surprising gel reverses the paralysis of mice with spinal cord injuries
Amazing "supramolecular" gel repairs spinal cord damage in mouse tests. The Northwestern team will ask the FDA to switch to human testing as early as next year.
A Yale team repairs the spinal cord with patient stem cells
The idea that we might be able to restore function after a spinal cord injury with the patient's own stem cells is truly intriguing.
Italian-Spanish team reconnects neurons in spinal cord injuries
Two groups in Spain and Italy have developed a "sponge" of nanomaterials capable of reconnecting the neurons of a damaged spinal cord
