In the center of your body’s repair system are tiny cells with mighty power—pericytes. These small but active cells surround ...

Developed by regenerative nanomedicine pioneer Samuel I. Stupp, the therapy harnesses molecular motion to reverse paralysis ...

Researchers identified specific regions of the human spinal cord where neural activity directly correlates with bladder ...

For work identifying a novel therapeutic target to improve walking after SCI, Newton Cho is the 2025 winner of the Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation. The prize rewards innovative research that ...

Spinal cord damage—whether from traumatic injury or conditions such as spina bifida—can have a profound impact on bladder ...

Anderson Cooper: This week on 60 Minutes, we're doing a story about efforts to help people who are paralyzed with severe spinal cord injuries develop the ability to walk again. And not just walk ...

An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord may help people with a paralyzing genetic disorder. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a study of three people with a rare inherited condition ...

A man with Parkinson’s disease has regained the ability to walk after physicians implanted a small device into his spinal cord that sends signals to his legs. “I can now walk with much more ...

In a new study, Gauthier was surgically implanted with an experimental spinal cord neuroprosthesis to correct walking disorders in people with Parkinson’s disease.

After recovering from surgery, he went to the lab, where scientists began delivering pulses of electricity to certain nerves in his spinal cord. At first, he felt nothing.