News tagged with spinal twist


Strike a yoga pose to strike down stress

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When hyperventilating sometimes seems the only option to stress, Petri Brill has a healthier suggestion: yoga.





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Scientists make paralyzed rats walk again after spinal-cord injury

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 20, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (23) | comments 3

UCLA researchers have discovered that a combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and regular exercise can enable paralyzed rats to walk and even run again while supporting their full weight on a treadmill.


Researchers find ways to encourage spinal cord regeneration after injury

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Animal research is suggesting new ways to aid recovery after spinal cord injury. New studies demonstrate that diet affects recovery rate and show how to make stem cell therapies safer for spinal injury patients. The findings ...


Infiltrating blood-derived macrophages play a role in recovery from spinal cord injury in mice

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although macrophages are known as essential players in wound healing, their contribution to recovery from spinal cord injury is a subject of debate.


Immune response to spinal cord injury may worsen damage

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After spinal cord injury, certain immune cells collect in the spinal fluid and release high levels of antibodies. What, if anything, those antibodies do there is unknown.


'Volume dial' neurone may aid spinal disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scottish researchers have discovered a new class of neuron that may lead to new therapies for spinal injury.


Stem cells restore mobility in neck-injured rats (w/ Video)

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first human embryonic stem cell treatment approved by the FDA for human testing has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries - a finding that could expand the clinical ...


Researcher finds natural hydrogel helps heal spinal cord

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research led by a scientist at the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has shown injecting biomaterial gel into a spinal cord injury site provides significantly improved healing. The ...


Potential new 'twist' in breast cancer detection

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Working with mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins publishing in the December issue of Neoplasia have shown that a protein made by a gene called "Twist" may be the proverbial red flag that can accurately distinguish stem cells ...


Human ES cells progress slowly in myelin's direction

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, USA, report in the journal Development the successful generation from human embryonic stem cells of a type of cell that can make myelin, a finding that opens up new possibilities for bo ...


Regeneration can be achieved after chronic spinal cord injury

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that regeneration of central nervous system axons can be achieved in rats even when treatment delayed is more than a year after the original ...



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