Category: ‘Research for a Cure’
Researchers Develop New Implant to Power Healing After Spinal Cord Injury
Posted on August 28th, 2024
A research team at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has developed a new implant that conveys electrical signals and may have the potential to encourage nerve cell (neuron) repair after spinal cord injury.
Details of the implant and how it performs in lab experiments have just been Opens in new windowpublished in the journal Materials Today.
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Discovery Holds Promise to Restore Function in People with Paralysis and Neurological Diseases
Posted on June 22nd, 2024
New research reveals a healing immune cell that has the potential to stimulate nerve fiber regrowth in mice and humans
In a new study, neuroscience researchers at The Ohio State University have discovered a special type of human white blood cell that has the potential to regrow nerve fibers.
‘Wraparound’ Implants Represent New Approach to Treating Spinal Cord Injuries
Posted on May 9th, 2024
A tiny, flexible electronic device that wraps around the spinal cord could represent a new approach to the treatment of spinal injuries, which can cause profound disability and paralysis.
A team of engineers, neuroscientists and surgeons from the University of Cambridge developed the devices and used them to record the nerve signals going back and forth between the brain and the spinal cord. Unlike current approaches, the Cambridge devices can record 360-degree information, giving a complete picture of spinal cord activity.
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Stem Cells From Patients’ Fat Can Help Treat Spinal Cord Injuries
Posted on April 2nd, 2024
A Mayo Clinic study shows stem cells derived from patients’ own fat are safe and may improve sensation and movement after traumatic spinal cord injuries. The findings from the phase 1 clinical trial appear in Nature Communications. The results of this early research offer insights on the potential of cell therapy for people living with spinal cord injuries and paralysis for whom options to improve function are extremely limited.
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Chinese Brain Implant Restores Mobility in Paralyzed Patient
Posted on February 1st, 2024
After three months of home-based rehabilitation training with the brain-machine interface, the patient was able to control a pneumatic glove through brain activity.
Just as Elon Musk’s Neuralink announced their success in putting an implant into a human brain, making headlines globally, China also showcases its latest progress in clinical application of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), highlighting another emerging area of fierce competition between these 2 powers.
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