When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury are interrupted, resulting in paralysis.

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As Todd Gladfelter pedals past wildflowers in the Laurel Highlands under a canopy of trees blooming above the Great Allegheny Passage, the world almost feels normal. The 64-year-old from the Reading ...

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests.

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. Applying low ...

Researchers have recreated the human ascending sensory pathway in a lab dish, using organoids that model the key brain and ...

In December, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a 10 percent reduction in vice president and manager roles as part of a company-wide efficiency drive. Microsoft is said to be focusing on reducing the ...

Spinal stenosis exercise programs should be focused on improving spinal flexibility, strengthening the muscles of the trunk and lower extremities, and general overall conditioning to improve spinal ...

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ALEXANDRIA — A fundraising rally will be held April 12 for a hockey player who suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury earlier this year. The rally for Jackson Drum will be held at Northstar ...

(WGN) — There has been an extraordinary step forward in the treatment of spinal cord injuries ... come and change peoples’ lives and being part of that is a really big gift,” Jones said.