A 2-minute interview with Dr Michael Lee rom The University of Sydney and NeuRA. Read more…
Month: July 2015
ISSCR 2015: Dr Stephen Huhn presents update on StemCells Inc's progress
Biomaterial scaffold implanted after spinal cord injury promotes nerve regrowth in rat model
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in New York have demonstrated that implantation of a biomaterial scaffold designed to bridge the lesion caused by a spinal cord injury improves nerve regeneration. Seeding the scaffold with Schwann cells did not provide a…
InVivo Therapeutics reports significant improvement of second and third patients implanted with neuro-spinal scaffold
Just one-month after implantation of InVivo’s Neuro-Spinal Scaffold, the third study patient improved from a complete AIS A spinal cord injury to an incomplete AIS B spinal cord injury. The patient has regained sacral sensation with improved bladder function. The…