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·March 16, 2023·5 min read

DNA Treatment Could Delay Paralysis That Strikes Nearly All Patients With ALS

DNA designer therapeutics restored levels of a protein critical to motor neuron function, restoring the activity that is impaired as a result of ALS.

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·March 2, 2023·1 min read

A New Surgery Gives Quadriplegic Patients the Use of Their Hands and Arms

A new surgical procedure that moves healthy nerves to an inactive nerve helps quadriplegic patients regain the use of their arms and hands.

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·November 10, 2022·4 min read

Neurons That Restore Walking After Paralysis Identified

Vsx2 neurons are vital and sufficient for spinal cord stimulation therapies to be effective to restore motor function in those with spinal cord injury and for nerve fiber reorganization.

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·July 3, 2022·5 min read

Electrical Stimulation Improves Arm Control in Paralyzed Monkeys

Electrically stimulating surviving nerves in the upper spinal cord following severe spinal cord injury improved motor control in upper limbs and allowed monkeys with limited arm function to regain lost movement.

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·June 28, 2022·5 min read

Robotic Arms Connected Directly to Brain of Partially Paralyzed Man Allows Him to Feed Himself

With the help of brain-machine interface technology and robotic arms, a paralyzed man was able to feed himself for the first time in thirty years.

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·April 6, 2022·2 min read

Electronic Implant Reactivates Spinal-Cord Nerves of a Patient With Neurodegenerative Disease

An innovative new system that includes electronic implants directly onto the spinal cord reactivates neurons that control blood pressure, allowing a patient with multiple system atrophy-parkinsonian type (MSA-P) to retain consciousness when she is in an upright position.

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·April 5, 2022·7 min read

System Helps Severely Motor-Impaired Individuals Type More Quickly and Accurately

Nomon, a newly designed flexible system, incorporates probabilistic reasoning to learn how users with motor impairments and paralysis make selections when typing and adjust the interface to improve speed and accuracy.

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·March 10, 2022·5 min read

Sensing Signals in Paralyzed Muscles

Researchers explore the use of myoelectric signals to detect intended hand gestures in patients with tetraplegia.

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·February 7, 2022·4 min read

Researchers Engineer Human Spinal Cord Implants for Treating Paralysis

Researchers engineered functional human spinal cord tissue from cells and human materials which, when implanted into animal models of spinal cord injury, restored walking ability in 80% of the test subjects.

This shows regenerated axons in the spinal cord

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·November 11, 2021·7 min read

Injectable Therapy Reverses Paralysis in Mice with Spinal Cord Injuries

Harnessing the power of "dancing molecules", researchers have developed a new injectable therapy that repairs tissue damage and reverses paralysis in mouse models. Within four weeks of receiving the injection, paralyzed mice regained the ability to walk.

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·May 29, 2021·4 min read

Exoskeleton-Assisted Walking May Improve Bowel Function in People With Spinal Cord Injury

Exoskeletons that help those with spinal cord injuries to walk may help to improve bowel function.

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·May 12, 2021·7 min read

Mental Handwriting Produces Brain Activity Turned Into Text

A new brain-computer interface could help thousands of people with neurodegenerative disorders and spinal cord injuries the ability to regain communication skills. The BCI, in combination with a machine learning algorithm, can generate words on a screen, based on a person thinking about writing the word.

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paralysis

DNA Treatment Could Delay Paralysis That Strikes Nearly All Patients With ALS

A New Surgery Gives Quadriplegic Patients the Use of Their Hands and Arms

Neurons That Restore Walking After Paralysis Identified

Electrical Stimulation Improves Arm Control in Paralyzed Monkeys

Robotic Arms Connected Directly to Brain of Partially Paralyzed Man Allows Him to Feed Himself

Electronic Implant Reactivates Spinal-Cord Nerves of a Patient With Neurodegenerative Disease

System Helps Severely Motor-Impaired Individuals Type More Quickly and Accurately

Sensing Signals in Paralyzed Muscles

Researchers Engineer Human Spinal Cord Implants for Treating Paralysis

Injectable Therapy Reverses Paralysis in Mice with Spinal Cord Injuries

Exoskeleton-Assisted Walking May Improve Bowel Function in People With Spinal Cord Injury

Mental Handwriting Produces Brain Activity Turned Into Text

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