Using a head-up display and a cap that reads brain activity, for the first time three people with spinal injury have controlled a robot and seen what it sees. Read more…
Month: October 2016
Vitamin D eases depression and fatigue in SCI patients
For patients with spinal cord injury who have insufficient levels of vitamin D, supplements can improve symptoms of depression and fatigue, report investigators from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. And in these patients, pain severity scores were significantly better with…
Vitamin D eases depression and fatigue in spinal cord patients
Researchers at Stanford University, California have shown that high-dose vitamin D supplements can improve depression and fatigue in patients with spinal cord injury, who often experience deficiency. Read more…
Research on a rare disease gives rise to a faster way to make stem cells
A new CIRM-funded study coming out of the Gladstone Institutes certainly proves this point. Published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study found that a specific genetic mutation known to cause a rare disease called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) makes…
Study suggests gut bacteria can aid recovery from spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury alters the type of bacteria living in the gut and that these changes can exacerbate the extent of neurological damage and impair recovery of function, new research suggests. The study demonstrates that counteracting these changes with probiotics…
Stem cell therapy shows promise for treatment of for neuropathic pain
Animal studies by Dr. Cheng and his colleagues the Cleveland Clinic have demonstrated the effectiveness of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation in reducing hyperalgesia due to nerve injury. Read more… | Published paper