A summary of current electrical stimulation research

An article from Scientific American “Rewiring a Damaged Spinal Cord” discusses research concerning electrical stimulation research including work by Prof Susan Harkema, director of the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center and Prof Grégoire Courtine from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.…

Simple and safe method of producing large numbers of stem cells

Stem cells and tissue-specific cells can be grown in abundance from mature mammalian cells simply by blocking a certain membrane protein, according to scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Their…

Restoring hand function via an artificial neural connection bridging spinal cord injury

Researchers from Japan and USA have created an artificial neural connection which bridged a spinal cord lesion in a paretic monkey. This allowed the monkey to voluntarily control of the paralysed hand. “This study was different from what other research…

InVivo receives 'Humanitarian Use Device' designation for its biopolymer scaffolding

InVivo has received HUD designation for the use of its biopolymer scaffolding for the treatment of recent complete spinal cord injury (no motor or sensory function) that does not involve penetrating injury or complete severing of the spinal cord. This…

New system makes clinic-ready stem cell lines

Reported in PLOS ONE, this cell-sorting method consistently selects the highest quality, standardized iPS cells, representing a major step forward for the development of cell therapies. Employing a breakthrough method developed by 2012 Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka, adult cells are…