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·July 17, 2012·4 min read

Musical Glove Improves Sensation, Mobility for People with Spinal Cord Injury

Georgia Tech researchers have created a wireless, musical glove that may improve sensation and motor skills for people with paralyzing spinal cord injury (SCI).

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·January 24, 2013·3 min read

Doctors Perform First FDA Approved Schwann Cell Transplant in Patient with New Spinal Cord Injury

Doctors performed the first-ever FDA approved Schwann cell transplantation in a patient with a new spinal cord injury. The procedure is a Phase 1 clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of transplanting the patient’s own Schwann cells.

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·February 8, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Describe Technology that Lets Spinal Cord Injured Man Control Robot Arm with Thoughts

Researchers describe how an electrode array sitting on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old paralyzed man to control the movement of a character on a computer screen in three dimensions with just his thoughts. It also enabled him to move a robot arm to touch a friend’s hand for the first time in the seven years.

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·November 7, 2013·3 min read

Scientists Identify Clue to Regrowing Nerve Cells

Researchers have identified a chain reaction which triggers the regrowth of some damaged nerve cell branches. The finding could someday help improve treatments for nerve injuries which can cause loss of sensation or paralysis.

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·December 6, 2013·3 min read

Quadriplegics at Risk for Serious Sleep Breathing Disorder

Quadriplegics have a heightened risk of central sleep apnea, a new study reports.

This MRI shows encephalitis caused by enterovirus.

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·February 26, 2014·2 min read

Mysterious Polio Like Illness Found in Between 20 to 25 California Children

Researchers have identified a polio-like syndrome in a group of five California based children over a one year period.

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·April 4, 2014·2 min read

Light Activated Neurons from Stem Cells Restore Function to Paralysed Muscles

Researchers use optogenetics to restore function to paralyzed muscles.

The image shows patient Kent Stephenson moving his leg.

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·April 8, 2014·9 min read

Spinal Stimulation Helps 4 Patients with Paraplegia Regain Voluntary Movement

Four paraplegic patients are now able to voluntarily move previously paralyzed muscles, thanks to a new treatment which involves electrical stimulation of the spinal cord.

The image shows the rats movement after a stroke.

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·June 12, 2014·3 min read

With the Right Rehabilitation Paralyzed Rats Learn to Grip Again

Rats that were paralyzed down one side by a stroke almost managed to regain their motor functions fully if they were given the ideal combination of rehabilitative training and substances that boosted the growth of nerve fibers, a new study reports.

The image shows patient, Ian Burkhart, moving his arm.

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·June 24, 2014·3 min read

New Device Allows Brain to Bypass Spinal Cord and Move Paralyzed Limbs

A new electronic neural bypass device allows a paralyzed man to move his fingers and hand.

The image is a diagram of a person with the spinal cord bypass switched off and on.

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·August 14, 2014·3 min read

Bypass Commands From the Brain to Legs Through a Computer

Researchers have successfully made an artificial connection from the brain to the locomotion center in the spinal cord by bypassing with a computer interface.