A Swiss research center is trying to use innovative technology to help restore bodily functions for paralyzed patients—and ...

Researchers demonstrated unprecedented rates of recovery for spinal cord injuries. Individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury safely received a combination of stimulation of a nerve in the neck ...

Sherown Campbell, 41, credits the spinal cord stimulation he received with a 30% increase in his typing speed. "I'm kind of a tech geek," he said. The Castle Pines, Colorado, resident can also ...

In a new clinical study, researchers from the Texas Biomedical Device Center (TxBDC) at The University of Texas at Dallas ...

Daily electrical stimulation of certain nerves in the spinal cord appeared to help three people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an inherited disorder that causes muscles to waste away.

FRIDAY, March 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A muscle-stimulating implant combined with a robotic exoskeleton can help restore movement in people paralyzed by a spinal cord injury, a new study says.

Research teams have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord with exceptional accuracy. These delivery systems are ...

Researchers have developed a four-dimensional model of spinal-cord injury in mice, which shows how nearly half a million cells in the spinal cord respond over time to injuries of varying severity.

A surgical team at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) extracted the tumors, which had wrapped around the spinal cord, through the patient’s eye socket. This was the first time ...

“Harry Potter” actor Nick Moran was recently rushed to a hospital and is in serious condition after suffering a “life-threatening” spinal cord injury. The actor’s friend Terry Stone ...

Simply sign up to the Pharmaceuticals sector myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Five spinal cord injury charities have joined forces to create an investment vehicle that will support ...