"We need more numbers [of patients] to show that it is first safe and that it significantly enhances their lives. Only then can it be taken forward." Nerves in the spinal cord send signals from ...

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Glioma, tumors that form in the glial cells of the brain and spinal cord, can present as benign (non-cancerous) or malignant ...

The Western medical establishment ousted him. China embraced him. Will the man on a mission to perform the first human head ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers at McMaster University have identified a potential treatment for Sandhoff and Tay-Sachs diseases—two rare, often fatal lysosomal storage disorders that cause ...

Or, he or she may refer you for a limited number of corticosteroid injections during which the medication is injected into the space just outside the spinal cord (the epidural space). This reduces ...

Their research there goes beyond developing implants: they're also looking at how nerve fibers can be regenerated across spinal cord injuries through ... for now they have helped only a small number ...

We must understand that while rare diseases, by definition, affect a small portion of the population, they collectively ...

A national report released by a number of institutions ... and connecting the brain and spinal cord nerve pathways, they were able to help paralyzed patients with spinal cord injuries regain ...

During the change of seasons when the daily temperature difference between day and night increases, it is easy to be exposed ...