Spinal injury regeneration hope
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Scientists believe they are close to a significant breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries.
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A technique would let scientists use a patientâs skin cell to generate new heart, liver or kidney cells that might be transplantable.
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Bone marrow-derived side population stem cells appear to have limited potential for regenerating injured cardiac and skeletal muscle, says a University of Chicago study in the Dec.
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Doctors hope to use the body's own nerves to bridge the gap in the spinal cord left by paralysing injuries.
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According to a report published in this month&#39;s issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, researchers have shown for the first time that transplanted stem cells can preserve and improve vision in eyes damaged by retinal disease.
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Scientists have used stem cells and a soup of nerve-friendly chemicals to not just bridge a damaged spinal cord but actually regrow the circuitry needed to move a muscle, helping partially paralyzed rats walk.
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Multiple sclerosis patients are being injected with their own stem cells in clinical trials to test a new therapy.
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PURDUE, IND. - Veterinarians have successfully used an experimental treatment to help dogs with spinal cord injuries to walk again.
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Scientists have found a key protein that helps newts regrow severed limbs and which may guide future research into human regenerative medicine.
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Researchers appear to be one step closer to finding a treatment that can reverse paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries. By injecting paralyzed dogs with polyethylene glyco, veterinarians at Purdue University
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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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During the past several years, Stephen Heywood allowed stem cells to be injected into his spinal column, participated in clinical trials for new drugs and genetic studies, and received a brain implant as part of an experiment in how thoughts can be used to control a wheelchair and other robotic objects.
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Dec. 6, 2004 -- A mind-operated computer may one day help people with spinal cord injuries communicate. It may sound like science fiction, but such a device already exists.
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[Kerala, India]: Washington, Dec 5: Researchers at the Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis, and Texas A&amp;M University have developed a successful method for healing spinal injuries in dogs that offers hope for preventing human paralysis.
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An experimental body cooling treatment used on an injured National Football League player offers promise for preventing paralysis in people who sustain severe spinal cord injuries, experts said on Thursday.
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Researchers have suggested that some forms of human blindness may be treatable with cells from a patient&#39;s own bone marrow. According to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Martin Friedlander
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Science & environment: British scientists have been given the go-ahead to begin potentially ground-breaking experiments using injections of stem cells to repair patients' damaged hearts