Blue Dye Halts Worsening Paralysis in Animal Study
Discovery could lead to new treatments for people with spine injuries TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- The food additive that makes M&Ms and Gatorade blue may help prevent the secondary damage that occurs after a spinal cord injury, a new study suggests. Researchers say that...United Spinal Association Praises Historic Signing of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act
WASHINGTON, March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Obama signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act that will improve the quality of life for people living with paralysis and mobility impairments from any cause - stroke, ALS, spinal cord injuries, and others. The legislatio...Stem cells used to reverse paralysis in animals
Valencia, Spain January 28, 2009 A new study has found that transplantation of stem cells from the lining of the spinal cord, called ependymal stem cells, reverses paralysis associated with spinal cord injuries in laboratory tests. The findings show that the population of these cells after spina...Pennsylvania Agriculture Department Issues Quarantine for Allegheny County Horse Stable
...Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services on July 19. Symptoms of the neurologic form of EHV-1 include loss of coordination, weakness or paralysis of the hind limbs, and incontinence. While other forms of EHV-1 occur commonly in horses, the neurologic form is considered a dangerous transmissible ...Neuralstem's Human Stem Cells Integrate into Nervous System of Rats with Animal Model of ALS
...th ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) as reported the journal TRANSPLANTATION, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University researchers, and also reversed paralysis in rats with Ischemic Spastic Paraplegia, as reported in NEUROSCIENCE on June 29, 2007, in collaboration with researchers at University of California...Neuralstem's ALS Trial on Clinical Hold
...th ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) as reported the journal TRANSPLANTATION, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University researchers, and also reversed paralysis in rats with Ischemic Spastic Paraplegia, as reported in NEUROSCIENCE on June 29, 2007, in collaboration with researchers at University of California...Do You Know You're Having a Stroke?
...d other technology, physicians can stop a stroke from spreading and greatly limit damage. Stroke symptoms include: * Sudden numbness, weakness, or paralysis of your face, arm or leg -- usually on one side of the body * Sudden difficulty speaking or understanding speech (aphasia) * Sudden blurred, d...Neuralstem Licenses Cleveland Clinic Spinal Cord Injection Technology
...with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) as reported the journal TRANSPLANTATION, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University researchers, and also reversed paralysis in rats with Ischemic Spastic Paraplegia, as reported in NEUROSCIENCE on June 29, 2007, in collaboration with researchers at University of California ...Neuralstem Announces Issuance of Core Technology Patent in Europe
...with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) as reported the journal TRANSPLANTATION, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University researchers, and also reversed paralysis in rats with Ischemic Spastic Paraplegia, as reported in NEUROSCIENCE on June 29, 2007, in collaboration with researchers at University of California ...AliMed® Turnbuckle Elbow Orthosis
Description:...ed® Turnbuckle Elbow Orthosis applies dynamic low-loaded force to increase elbow extension or flexion. Controls elbow contracture in patients with paralysis or significantly unbalanced muscle strength. Also good for elbow flexion and extension contracture postoperatively. The turnbuckle is tightened to ap...Little-known protein found to be key player
...in has been linked with," Daga said. HSP is a rare genetic condition that affects fewer than one million people worldwide. It's marked by a partial paralysis of the lower extremities due to defects in the body's longest cells, the neurons that run from the spine through the legs. Daga said atlastin's rol...MS study offers theory for why repair of brain's wiring fails
...common form of the disease, known as relapsing remitting MS, the symptoms -- which range from tingling and numbness in the limbs to loss of vision and paralysis -- disappear or are greatly reduced, for some times months or years at a time. Ultimately, however, the repair process falters and the disease prog...Reading the brain without poking it
...device should allow a high level of control over a prosthetic limb or computer interface," Greger says. "It will enable amputees or people with severe paralysis to interact with their environment using a prosthetic arm or a computer interface that decodes signals from the brain." The study is sche...Brain-computer interface, developed at Brown, begins new clinical trial
...d to detect brain signals and to allow people with paralysis to use those signals to control assistive devices,... The BrainGate Neural System may allow people with paralysis to control assistive devices. The new clinical ...sis," Hochberg said. People with these types of paralysis have at least two characteristics in common: a bra...A new mouse model provides insight into genetic neurological disorders
...seases. By strategically altering a protein-making molecule, a mouse was made to help understand nervous system diseases that impair feeling and cause paralysis of the arms and legs in humans. Scientists have created a mouse to help understand human neuronal diseases that impair a patient's ability to feel ...UCI awarded $45 million for infectious disease research
...ially among children. Improved detection and treatment of the botulism toxin. Considered one of the most potent, it can contaminate food and cause paralysis and death with only a tiny dose. Improved understanding of and vaccine development for bacterial and viral diseases carried by animals and acquire...UMMS researchers isolate first 'neuroprotective' gene in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
...stem. As motor neurons die, the brain's ability to send signals to the body's muscles is compromised. This leads to loss of voluntary muscle movement, paralysis and eventually death from respiratory failure. In 1993, a team of researchers led by Dr. Brown discovered the first gene linked to familial ALS, a pro...Scientists learn why the flu may turn deadly
...uch as pneumonia. Furthermore, this immunological paralysis can be long-lived, which is important to know when...onse of these receptors may be responsible for the paralysis of the immune system, leading to secondary bacteri...a control group of healthy individuals. The immune paralysis appeared to be specifically a result of influenza ...Caffeine appears to be beneficial in males -- but not females -- with Lou Gehrig's disease
...EW ORLEANSAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages key neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The disease causes progressive paralysis of voluntary muscles and often death within five years of symptoms. Although ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) was discovered over a century ago, neither the...Caffeine appears to be beneficial in males -- but not females -- with Lou Gehrig's disease
...EW ORLEANSAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages key neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The disease causes progressive paralysis of voluntary muscles and often death within five years of symptoms. Although ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) was discovered over a century ago, neither the...UCSF researchers help crack parasite genome, identify drug leads
...osomiasis (bilharzia), a tropical disease that infects more than 200 million people worldwide and causes long-term debilitating illness and occasional paralysis or death. One paper documents a multinational success, led by a team at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, in England, in sequencing the genome o...500th Patient Receives Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device
...od deal of bleeding and relatively poor systemic perfusion," recalls Dr. Jeffrey Gossett, Alejandra's cardiologist. "As a result we needed to continue paralysis and were unable to feed her well." By the time she received the Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric VAD, she had spent 38 days on mechanical ventilati...Neuralstem to Present at the 11th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference
...th ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) as reported the journal TRANSPLANTATION, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University researchers, and also reversed paralysis in rats with Ischemic Spastic Paraplegia, as reported in NEUROSCIENCE on June 29, 2007, in collaboration with researchers at University of California...Neuralstem Receives Final Notice of Allowance for New Stem Cell Immortalization Technology Patent
...th ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) as reported the journal TRANSPLANTATION, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University researchers, and also reversed paralysis in rats with Ischemic Spastic Paraplegia, as reported in NEUROSCIENCE on June 29, 2007, in collaboration with researchers at University of California...Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Response to FDA Clearance of Geron's Clinical Trial
...na Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy. For more information, and to review the entire list of Quality of Life grant recipients, please visit our w...Victhom to Participate in the OneMedPlace Finance Forum
... has developed the Neurostep(R) System, an implantable neurostimulation device designed to restore mobility and independence for patients with partial paralysis of the leg as a result of hemiparetic stroke. The Neurostep(R) System has been engineered to integrate with the body's natural sensing and stimulation...GBS/CIDP Foundation to Hold 10th International Symposium
...ially catastrophic disorders. GBS is an inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nerves and is characterized by the rapid onset of weakness and often paralysis of the legs, arms, breathing muscles and face. GBS can develop in persons of any age. CIDP is a rare disorder of the peripheral nerves with weakness o...Breakthrough in spinal injury treatment
...inal cord injuries in humans. Research published in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Biology, may lead to cell based therapies for victims of paralysis to recover the use of their bodies without the risk of transplant induced pain syndromes. Dr. Stephen Davies, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery a...