Cervical electrical stimulation of spinal cord to promote long-term recovery

Another study, this time from the University of Washington, Seattle USA, shows the promise of intraspinal electrical stimulation for treating spinal cord injury. Here the focus was on cervical injuries and the cord was stimulated above the lesion in contrast…

Silicon implants and treadmill training for SCI recovery!

Scientists from Keio University, Japan, found that the combination of a drug laced silicon implant and treadmill rehabilitation shows promise for treating spinal injuries in rats. The results suggest the combination worked better than the drug alone. The drug released…

Doubts raised regarding 'breakthrough' STAP cell research

A Japanese scientist called on Monday for his own headline-grabbing study on stem cells to be withdrawn from publication, saying its findings had now been thrown into too much doubt. The research – hailed when it came out in January as…