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Thai King to Undergo Spine Surgery

...enosis, a narrowing of the canal that contains the spinal cord and nerve roots, which is caused by ageing. Doctors initially recommended physical therapy, but on May 3, a team of specialists resolved to perform "a microsurgical decompression" to relieve the condition, which causes back and leg pain and nu...

Jackson’s Stem Cell Research Donation Does Not Please New Zealander

...uality of life for those who currently suffer from spinal cord injury, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and many other debilitating medical conditions." The donation will be called the Bill and Joan Jackson Scholars Fund after Jackson's parents. However professor Mike Berridge, who studies cancer stem cells...

Regeneration After Spinal Cord Injury

...00 people in the U.S. are suffering from long-term spinal cord injuries, with more than 11,000 new occurrenc...nts could lead to regeneration of nerve endings in spinal cord injured patients. The result would be a return of functional activity. John Houle, Ph.D., is ...

A boon to the paralyzed -Brain Gate Neural Interface System

It will now be possible for a patient with spinal cord injury to produce brain signals that relay th...nnected from the rest of the body by damage to the spinal cord. We're finding that, even years after spinal cord injury, the same signals that originally cont...

Indian doctor's new stem cells technique for kidney transplant

...n's, Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, spinal cord injuries and burns. Kidney failure has emerged as the third most common killer across the world after cancer and heart diseases. The technique used by Trivedi and his team of doctors comprising Vineet Mishra, Aruna Vanikar, Pranjal Modi and V...

Gene Mutations Causing Rett Syndrome Occur in Both Sexes

...cents with disorders and injuries of the brain and spinal cord, the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD serves more than 12,000 individuals each year through inpatient and outpatient clinics, home and community services and school-based programs. Kennedy Krieger provides a wide range of services for ...

Varied Applications of Adult Stem Cells to Treat Host of Disorders in Human

...peripheral nerve disease, Parkinson's disease, and spinal cord injury. "We are very excited about this new source of adult stem cells that has the potential for a variety of applications," says senior author Xiaowei (George) Xu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology. "A number of reports have pointed ...

Painkiller Based on Sea Snail Venom Made Available in Britain

... can be treated with painkillers injected into the spinal fluid, using a pump worn by the patient. Prialt is a synthetic version of the venom used by the sea snail Conus magus, popularly known as the Magician's Cone Snail, to hunt prey. As a boy Professor Olivera used to collect the shells of these snai...

Dolly Paves the Way for Exhaustive Stem Cell Research

...son's and Alzheimer's, heart disease, diabetes and spinal cord injuries. Professor Ian Wilmut, is the man who led the team responsible for the research, to international fame. After dolly was born the theme became one of the hottest new areas of science and increasing numbers of laboratories began carryi...

Three Eminent Neurosurgeons To Examine Shahabuddin

...equested the court to allow doctors to examine his spinal problem and give appropriate treatment. Justice...old the court that he was suffering from a chronic spinal problem and that it had gotten worse since May 10....

Mahdhani to get ayurvedic treatment in prison

...aid to be suffering from blood pressure, diabetes, spinal proble and weight loss. He also uses an artifical limb, having lost his right leg in a blast in Kerala. Though Mahdhani has pleaded for parole or bail to undergo treatment in any private hospital in Coimbatore or Kerala, the Tamil Nadu government h...

Cancer Causing Protein May Heal Alzheimers

... // , making it an important target for addressing spinal cord damage or neurological diseases like Alzheime...tially be used to regrow axons that are damaged in spinal cord injuries or neurological diseases," said lead study author Antonio Iavarone, associate professo...

Stem Cells Help Paralyzed Mice Walk

...a new method of using stem cells to repair injured spinal cords in laboratory mice. //This new method was so...future to help people with Lou Gehrig's disease or spinal cord injuries. However the study also demonstrated that it would not be easy to use stem cells in tr...

The Most Natural Thing in the World

...e 'risky business' of childbirth with C-sections, spinal blocks,amniocentesis, CVS testing. The University is hosting, 'Risking birth: culture, technology, and politics in 21st century maternity care' - a conference organised by UWS, La Trobe and Deakin Universities. It's being held at UWS this Friday an...

New Way To Combat Spinal Cord Injury during Aortic Surgery

...prevents ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rabbit spinal cord. //Spinal injuries are the common problems th... of Roseborough et al has given new hopes to treat spinal cord injuries. The results of his work are published in the journal of the American Journal of Pa...

Rare Nerve Disease Causing Gene Identified

...n that was associated with ischemia due to stroke, spinal cord trauma, head injury and Alzheimer's disease, thereby making it a potential drug target. Stating that iron is known to accumulate with age in brain regions attacked by Alzheimer and Parkinson's diseases, she said: ‘This is a common end effect o...

MMR- Autism- Bowel Problems Connection To Be Investigated

...traces of the MMR strain of measles in their guts, spinal fluid and in the brain of a child. Most of the cases have been dropped after the withdrawal of legal aid, but the findings have continued to cause concern among parents. The Department, however, has not shifted from its stance that MMR is safe.A...

Growth Factors Help Neurons to Reach Their Correct Destination

...ions may help restore movement in people following spinal cord injury, or those with motor neuron diseases such as Lou Gehrig's disease, spinal muscle atrophy, and post-polio syndrome. Failure to establish proper connectivity in the brain may a...

Radiation Therapy Made More Compatible

...issue outside that target. First, they exposed the spinal cords and brains of healthy rats to thicker (0.27 to 0.68 millimeter) microbeams at high doses of radiation and monitored the animals for signs of tissue damage. After seven months, animals exposed to beams as thick as 0.68 millimeter showed no or...

Transport of Proteins Unravels the Mystery behind Neurodegenerative Diseases

...tem,’ Brady said. Kennedy disease is also known as spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, or SBMA. Like the better-known ALS and Huntington's, it is a rare but devastating disease, affecting one in 40,000 people, usually between the ages of 30 and 50. Huntington's strikes about four times as many. Neurodegener...

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