One of the great tragedies that goes along with spinal injury is paralysis. This happens because our damaged nerve cells can’t fully regenerate. But what if we could unlock the key to neural ...

A team of Korean researchers has developed a new treatment method that regenerates facial nerves without autologous nerve grafts and has successfully ...

A groundbreaking study from UC San Diego has identified Thiorphan, an existing drug, as a potential game-changer for spinal cord injuries. Researchers used advanced bioinformatics to discover its ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique using spun-sugar filaments to create a scaffold of tiny synthetic tubes that might serve as conduits to regenerate ...

When the spinal cords of mice and humans are partially damaged, the initial paralysis is followed by the extensive, spontaneous recovery of motor function. However, after a complete spinal cord injury ...

Orthopedic surgeons at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) performed successful microsurgery to repair damaged nerves and restore muscle strength and movement to patients experiencing paralysis from ...

Scientists have flipped the script on a common cancer target in an effort to regenerate nerves and protect cardiac tissue from damage. “There are currently no approved medicines to regenerate nerves [ ...

Once dismissed as “junk,” a group of RNA molecules has been found to help regrow damaged nerves in mice in new research. The discovery could unlock new ways to treat nerve injuries and even restore ...

Paralysis might one day be as easy to cure as a single injection of a drug, if some promising new results stand up to scrutiny. Scientists at Northwestern University reversed paralysis in mice with ...

A complete spinal cord injury results, tragically, in total paralysis of all limbs and muscles below the injury site. But now, scientists at EPFL have demonstrated in mice a new gene therapy that can ...

Scientists have found a way to get damaged nerve cells in the brains of mice to repair themselves, a finding that may lead to new treatments for spinal cord and brain injuries. By turning off proteins ...

One of the main problems preventing optimal regeneration following peripheral nerve injuries is that axons within severed nerves have difficulty regenerating and reaching their target. This may be ...