When the spinal cords of mice and humans are partially damaged, the initial paralysis is followed by the extensive, spontaneous recovery of motor function. However, after a complete spinal cord injury ...

The healing of the spinal cord depends on carefully timed interactions between injured nerve cells and their surrounding ...

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests. In mouse experiments, scientists introduced ...

Spinal cord injury often triggers a cascade of secondary damage that severely limits functional recovery, largely driven by ...

A research group at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro has advanced polylaminin, a laminin-based biomaterial, from ...

In a new study, researchers show that weekly treatments with an epigenetic activator can aid the regrowth of sensory and motor neurons in the spinal cord when given to mice 12 weeks after severe ...

Researchers develop a 3D-printed, RNA-activated implant that silences the PTEN gene to promote nerve regrowth after spinal cord injury.

Zebrafish are members of a rarefied group of vertebrates capable of fully healing a severed spinal cord. Now, a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis using a zebrafish ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. For many years, researchers have toiled to find ways to heal the kinds ...

A series of converging advances in bio-implant technology, from brain-spine interfaces to lab-grown spinal tissue, is bringing the long-elusive goal of spinal cord repair closer to clinical reality.

A specific small molecule can help regenerate sensory and motor neurons in the spinal cord of mice after severe injury 1. This finding is important because nerve regrowth and repair fail in chronic ...