Researchers have built a realistic human mini spinal cord in the lab and used it to simulate traumatic injury. The model reproduced key damage seen in real spinal cord injuries, including inflammation ...

Researchers built a lab-grown human spinal cord organoid that faithfully recreates the damage seen in real spinal injuries. When treated with innovative “dancing molecules,” the tissue showed reduced ...

ABSTRACT: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe neurological disorder, with its incidence rising steadily each year. Following SCI, patients commonly experience sensory, motor, and autonomic nervous ...

For the first time, a drug shows effectiveness in adult human brain cells — an achievement long thought impossible. Human brain cells are notoriously difficult to culture in the lab, but UC San Diego ...

A 55-year-old man without comorbidities presented with progressive paresthesia and weakness affecting the limbs. Cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated prominent spondylosis and ...

The spine (backbone) is the column of bones (called vertebrae), ligaments, and other tissues that run down the back from the base of the skull. The spine surrounds and protects the spinal cord, which ...

University of Minnesota researchers developed a 3D-printed scaffold that directs stem cells to grow into functioning nerve cells, successfully restoring movement in rats with severed spinal cords.

Your spinal cord needs a steady blood supply to deliver oxygen and nutrients to the tissues. This blood helps the spinal cord cells send nerve impulses to the rest of your body. The impulses are ...

Christopher Maher holds a research fellowship funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council. Caitlin Jones does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Low back pain is a leading cause of disability around the world. Spinal cord stimulation, a surgical treatment involving implantation of a device that applies electric impulses to the spinal cord, has ...