The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis has completed its first human cell transplant for a spinal cord injury. Doctors grew what are called Schwann cells from nerve tissue taken from an unidentified man’s leg, then transplanted them back into his…
Month: March 2013
Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural cells survive and mature in the nonhuman primate brain
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have taken fibroblasts from the brains of rhesus monkeys with Parkinsons, then reprogrammed these into induced pluripotent stem cells. These were then encouraged to grow into neural progenitors before being transplanted back into the…
Use of mild hypothermia found to improve outcomes in acute spinal cord injury
Researchers at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis have published six-year findings in the use of mild hyperthermia to treat new spinal cord injuries. 35 patients with cervical spinal cord injury – the most serious form of spinal cord injury…
FES cycling promotes recovery in chronic spinal cord injury
A new study by Kennedy Krieger Institute’s International Center for Spinal Cord Injury finds that long-term functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling is associated with substantial improvements in people with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). Improvements include neurological and functional gains,…