Timing of surgery after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury important

Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have shown that patients who receive surgery less than 24 hours after a traumatic cervical spine injury suffer less neural tissue destruction and improved clinical outcomes. “…the odds of a significant (at least…

Prof Wise Young interviewed about clinical trials in China

US based Prof Wise Young has been instrumental in establishing the China Spinal Cord Injury Net, the world’s biggest clinical trial network for spinal cord therapies. Established in Hong Kong in 2005, it is about to expand into Europe, India…

2007-2008: CEBPD In Spinal Cord Injury Progress report

CEBPD is a protein that is made during inflammation in the spinal cord. The process of inflammation is required to heal injuries and may have beneficial as well as harmful effects. After the spinal cord is injured, the process of…