A paradigm shift in the way we treat spinal injuries is now in sight, with the world's first regenerative cell therapy being ...

Spinal deformities refer to abnormal curvatures or malformations of the spine that can affect its shape structure and function Scroll down to learn why these deformities are rising in adolescents ...

The axolotl is renowned for its extensive ability to regenerate organs and body parts, including its spinal cord. Studies on ...

Research teams have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human ...

People with incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries showed improvements to their hand and arm movements after receiving a targeted form of vagus nerve stimulation ...

Will Whitten, an 18-year-old from Bossier City, Louisiana, overcame devastating spinal injuries to relearn to stand and step after nine weeks of intensive rehab at TIRR Memorial Hermann in ...

A Swiss research center is trying to use innovative technology to help restore bodily functions for paralyzed patients—and even help Parkinson's patients walk smoothly again.

Innovative Maryland surgeons pioneer first-of-its-kind transorbital approach to remove spinal tumors, successfully treating a young woman's rare chordoma cancer.

What Is the Nervous System? Your nervous system is your body's main communication system. It sends messages from your brain to the rest of your body and helps you respond to changes inside and ...

This can damage blood vessels and leak blood into the skin and organs. A serious form of this ... three membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Meningitis can occur when fluid surrounding ...

(Amazingly, fusing the spinal cord is theoretically feasible ... physiotherapy would be walking within a year. But what about organ rejection? In 1970 a monkey head was transplanted onto ...

What are lymphomas of the brain or spinal cord? Lymphoma is cancer that starts in the lymph glands or other organs of the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is a system of thin tubes and lymph ...