Timing for clinical trials for stem cell therapy in spinal cord injuries is right
OCTOBER 18, 2011 Timing for clinical trials for stem cell therapy in spinal cord injuries is right by Springer Regenerative medicine in spinal cord injuries (SCI) is proving to help the human body create new cell and nerve connections that are severed during this type of injury. In a review of current scientific research for […]
Researchers Rescue Nerve Cells in Spinal Cord Dysfunction
Newswise — Toronto, April 13, 2011 – Researchers at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital have identified a cell receptor, which is responsible for cell death in the spinal cord in a condition called Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM). The findings, published today online in the journal Brain, show that when the cell receptor was blocked, […]
U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and NASA Scientist Dr. Minoru Freund to Accept Beacon Award for Courage and Dedication
NEWS PROVIDED BYInternational Brain Mapping and Intraoperative Surgical Planning Society Mar 23, 2011, 12:11 ET SHARE THIS ARTICLE WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona is one of the two recipients of the prestigious Beacon Award for Courage and Dedication, presented by the International Brain Mapping and Intraoperative Surgical Planning Society (IBMISPS) at the 8th annual […]
Study: Retinal imaging indicates presymptomatic Alzheimer’s
TriMed Staff | July 01, 2010 | Molecular Imaging Noninvasive retinal imaging may be helpful in the early diagnosis, intervention and monitoring of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), as the beta-amyloid (AB) plaques characteristic of the disease first appear in the eyes, according to a study published online June 13 in NeuroImage. Since existing noninvasive brain-imaging technologies cannot provide sufficient […]
Alzheimer’s Diagnosis by Retina? Imaging of retinal plaques may hold promise for assessing patients with Alzheimer’s
Hallmark Alzheimer’s disease changes found in retinas of humans and imaged in live animals
The nerve cell-damaging plaque that builds up in the brain with Alzheimer’s disease also builds up in the retinas of the eyes — and it shows up there earlier, leading to the prospect that noninvasive optical imaging of the eyes could lead to earlier diagnosis, intervention and monitoring of the disease, according to new research. […]
Researchers seek to defeat Alzheimer’s disease by modifying mice’s immune system
Jan 7 2010 WHAT:Using laboratory mice that had been bred to have brain changes similar to Alzheimer’s disease, scientists were able to reduce two characteristic features of the disease by modifying the mice’s immune systems with a special peptide (MOG45D) related to the myelin sheath that insulates nerve cells and nerve fibers. As a result, […]
CNSI at UCLA to host forum on new technologies for brain, spinal trauma
The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA announced today that it will host an international forum featuring some of the world’s most innovative scientists and technology leaders at the vanguard of treatments for brain and spinal cord injuries and diseases.
