Scientists at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China report that rats with 2mm gaps removed from their spinal cords (at T10) recovered significantly when a special scaffold seeded with engineered stem cells was implanted at the injury site. The treatment is not…
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New sites for InVivo's neurospinal scaffold trial.
InVivo Therapeutics has announced three new sites have been added to the company’s ongoing pilot study of its Neuro-Spinal Scaffold in patients with acute spinal cord injury (SCI): Keck Hospital of University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, CA UC Davis Medical Center…
APOSEC protein concentrate reduces damage in acute SCI
In tests conducted on animals, the APOSEC protein concentrate extracted from white blood cells has reduced the severity of damage after an accident involving spinal cord injuries when the agent was injected in the abdominal cavity 40 minutes after the…
1,000 year old remedy kills MRSA superbug
Take cropleek and garlic, of both equal quantities, pound them well together… take wine and bullocks gall, mix with the leek… let it stand nine days in the brass vessel… This ninth-century Anglo-Saxon remedy for eye infections has been found to…
Prof Reggie Edgerton interviewed
World leader in the field of spinal cord neuromodulation Prof Reggie Edgerton is interviewed in this “people behind the science” podcast.
Non-invasive device instantly diagnoses urinary tract infections
A wireless, credit-card sized optical device shows promise for diagnosing lower urinary tract infections (UTIs), especially in children, the elderly and people with neurological conditions. Dr Babak Shadgan and his colleagues were able to diagnose UTI in 12 pediatric…
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UCSF team finds key to making neurons from stem cells
A research team at UC San Francisco has discovered an RNA molecule called Pnky that can be manipulated to increase the production of neurons from neural stem cells. The research, led by neurosurgeon Daniel A. Lim, MD, PhD, and published…
What is a neural stem cell?
https://vimeo.com/118301922 Everything you always wanted to know about neural stem cells in just over 1 minute CREDITS Narration by: Dr. Sam Weiss Written & Directed by: Ben Paylor & Mike Long Produced by: Infoshots – infoshots.ca Animation by: David Murawsky…
Cancer drug epothilone causes damaged nerve cells in spinal cord injuries to regrow
A new study from German scientists shows that, in animal studies, the cancer drug epothilone reduced the formation of scar tissue in injuries to the spinal cord and stimulated growth in damaged nerve cells. Both promoted neuronal regeneration and improved…