Spinal cord injury

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StemCells (STEM) Milestone, First Neural Stem Cell Transplant

      StemCells Jumps 12.35%; Infuses patient with HuCNS-SC cells   STEM’s 1st patient with an incomplete spinal cord injury … has been enrolled in the P1/2 clinical trial in chronic spi...

New studies show spinal cord injury and ALS respond to cell transplantation

(Cell Transplantation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair) Two studies report on the therapeutic efficacy of stem cell transplantation in animal models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (AL...

Patients With Spinal Cord Injury And Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis May Benefit From Cell Transplantation

Two studies published in a recent issue of Cell Medicine [2(2)] report on the therapeutic efficacy of stem cell transplantation in animal models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal cord...

$150mn Californian stem cell hand-out includes support for StemCells' spinal programme

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) governing board approved a $20 million loan for StemCells Inc's neural stem cell transplantation for chronic cervical spinal cord injury progr...

Neuralstem shares move on spinal cord injury trial go-ahead

Shares in US stem cell company Neuralstem rose by 5% to close at $1.29 on 14 January after it gained US FDA permission to start a Phase I trial of its lead cell therapy candidate NSI-566 in chronic...

Stem Cells in Spinal Cord Injuries

The effects of spinal cord injury (SCI) could potentially be reversed using a combination of stem cell therapy and physical therapy, according to research at [...]

Combination of stem cell therapy and physical therapy can reverse the effects of spinal cord injury

Walking is the obvious goal for individuals who have a chronic spinal cord injury, but it is not the only one. Regaining sensation and continence control also are important goals that can positively i...

StemCells, Inc. Achieves Spinal Cord Injury Milestone With First Neural Stem Cell Transplant Into Patient With Sensory Function Below the Level of Injury

NEWARK, Calif., Sept. 27, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) today announced that the first patient with an incomplete spinal cord injury has been enrolled in the Company's Phase...

Advances in stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition producing great personal and societal costs and for which there is no effective treatment. Stem cell transplantation is a promising therapeutic stra...

Reconstructing neural circuits using transplanted neural stem cells in the injured spinal cord.

Traumatic spinal cord injury is one of the most common causes of disability in young adults. Restoring independent ambulation in such patients is considered one of the biggest challenges in regenerati...

NADPH-d and Fos reactivity in the rat spinal cord following experimental spinal cord injury and embryonic neural stem cell transplantation.

The aim of this study is to determine the role of nitric oxide (NO) in neuropathic pain and the effect of embryonic neural stem cell (ENSC) transplantation on NO content in rat spinal cord neurons fol...

The Effects of Substrate Elastic Modulus on Neural Precursor Cell Behavior.

The spinal cord has a limited capacity to self-repair. After injury, endogenous stem cells are activated and migrate, proliferate, and differentiate into glial cells. The absence of neuronal different...

Origin of new glial cells in intact and injured adult spinal cord.

Several distinct cell types in the adult central nervous system have been suggested to act as stem or progenitor cells generating new cells under physiological or pathological conditions. We have asse...