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A successful method for healing spinal injuries in dogs has been developed by Purdue University researchers, offering hope for preventing human paralysis.
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Paralysed dogs given an unusual treatment for spinal cord injury have shown some success in being able to walk again, a new study reveals.
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Scientists are working on a technique to repair fractures using a patient's own stem cells.
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Fido may not be able to say where it hurts, but veterinarians at Angell Animal Medical Center in Jamaica Plain will be able to peer into his brain with an MRI being installed this month.
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Scientists yesterday suggested that they could within a few years help cardiac patients repair and regenerate their hearts by using stem or parent cells from their own organs.
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Research into using stem cells to repair damaged nerves just got a big boost, with scientists pinpointing a protein key to controlling binocular vision -- visual depth perception -- in mammals.
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A gel to speed up wound healing and reduce scarring is being developed by UK scientists.
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Even when the spine is damaged almost to paralysis, the PEG solution prevented the cells from rupturing irrevocably. &quot;Nearly 75 percent of the dogs we treated with PEG were able to resume a normal life,&quot; said Richard Borgens of Purdue.
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With fake fins and plastic paws, doctors can rebuild injured animals  -  and also use what they learn to help humans
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Korean researchers, using stem cells isolated from umbilical cord blood, succeeded in reversing the paralysis of the lower limbs caused by spinal cord injury, of a 37-year-old female patient.
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NEW YORK  - Athletes who have suffered  spinal injuries severe enough to make them temporarily lose  feeling in their limbs can sometimes safely return to their  sport, research suggests.
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German physicians have pioneered a way to create and transplant bone grafts from one part of a patient&#39;s body to another. The work of Patrick H. Warnke and associates at the University of Kiel is summarized
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A new study shows that embryonic stem cells can heal defective heart cells in mice. It could be a new way to look at the potential healing power of these controversial cells. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Work by British scientists could mean people paralysed by spinal injuries may one day be able to walk again.
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Health India &gt; London, Nov 20 : According to a report in the British Medical Journal, researchers claim to have found the most effective treatment for people suffering from a bad back in spine manipulation which involves chiropractic, osteopathy or
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Indianapolis - Dogs with paralysed hind legs walked again after getting a shot of a chemical cousin of antifreeze that helped repair nerve cells in their damaged spinal cords, scientists reported.
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NEW YORK  - Dogs with severe accidental  spinal cord injuries resulting in complete paralysis, appear to  recover more quickly and completely when they're given  injections of polyethylene glycol (PEG), investigators report.  They hope these results lead to better treatment for humans  with spinal cord injuries.