A series of converging advances in bio-implant technology, from brain-spine interfaces to lab-grown spinal tissue, is bringing the long-elusive goal of spinal cord repair closer to clinical reality.

The findings support that all cell populations within the implant are in a post mitotic state, meaning there was no evidence ...

A first-in-human trial shows the feasibility and safety of delivering placenta-derived stem cells during prenatal ...

Researchers have identified a network of connections linking the brainstem and spinal cord that helps control hand and arm movements, revealing an unexpected layer of the nervous system enabling ...

In a recent study published in Science Advances, a research team led by Profs. DAI Jianwu and ZHAO Yannan at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of ...

Touch—the first sense to develop in the womb—is fundamental to our bodily experience and our everyday lives. Yet, as the least studied of the five senses, it remains somewhat mysterious at the ...

Researchers develop a 3D-printed, RNA-activated implant that silences the PTEN gene to promote nerve regrowth after spinal cord injury.

Complex 3D structures of cells called organoids could be used to test treatments for spinal-cord damage that can lead to paralysis.

The prognosis for recovery from a spinal cord injury (SCI) is of great importance for those directly affected and those around them. So far, however, it has remained imprecise. Researchers from three ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A global study examined 227 individuals with spinal cord injury seen at three centers in Europe, North America.

Conditions such as diabetes, heart attack and vascular diseases commonly diagnosed in people with spinal cord injuries can be traced to abnormal post-injury neuronal activity that causes abdominal fat ...

The healing of the spinal cord depends on carefully timed interactions between injured nerve cells and their surrounding environment, according to a study published in Science Advances by researchers ...