Approximately 5,000 people in the U.S. develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) each year. On average, they survive for only two to five years after being diagnosed, according to the Centers for ...

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To test complex brain functions during neurosurgical procedures, surgeons must operate on awake, locally anesthetized ...

These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot respond to signals from the nerves, they atrophy — weaken and shrink — from inactivity. One in every 6,000 babies is born with ...

Department of Medical Imaging, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Intelligent Imaging and Nanomedicine, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, P. R. China Laboratory Animal Center, Shanxi ...

Short-pulse laser and OCT measurements for precise hard tissue cuts The principle of ... our procedure could prevent serious injuries to the spinal cord and nerve roots in future," explains ...

Australian researchers are about to launch a human trial to treat spinal cord injury by transplanting cells from the noses of paralysed patients into the damaged area. Griffith University ...

Umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) is vital for patients without matched donors, especially racial and ethnic minorities, despite declining usage due to alternative transplant options.

An experimental new therapy is restoring more function for patients with spinal cord injury, without invasive surgery. Anthony Magliari has come a long way in his 15 years of rehabilitation. He ...

Anthony Magliari has come a long way in his 15 years of rehabilitation. He suffered a spinal cord injury during a motorcycle ...

Dokholyan explained that they introduced SOD1 trimers into three different types of mouse tissue—brain, spinal cord and muscle tissue—and observed which proteins attached to the trimers. They then ...