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In a breakthrough finding, researchers found transplanting specific types of astrocytes - cells derived from human stem cells - repaired spinal cord damage and restored movement in rats.
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The cancer drug Taxol has the potential to assist nerve regeneration following a spinal cord injury, according to researchers.
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An unnamed Saudi man who was found guilty of severing the spinal cord of another man, leaving him paralysed, could now face the prospect of having the same punishment doled out to him.
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It will be the world's first human test on immobilizing spinal cord injuries of a treatment made from embryonic stem cells. Geron Pharmaceutical got the FDA's green light Friday to go ahead.
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A drug found to slow some of the physical problems and reduce the number of flareups of multiple sclerosis (MS) could also show promise for treating spinal cord injuries, according to a new Japanese study.
 Timing appears to be everything when it comes to surgery to help people who have suffered an upper spinal cord injury that can lead to quadriplegia, a study by Canadian and U.S. researchers concludes.
 Electronic shorts that stimulate muscles in people with spinal cord injuries could help prevent painful and costly bedsores, researchers in Alberta say.
A paralysed man in the US has regained limited use of his hand after pioneering surgery to bypass damage to his spinal cord, the Journal of Neurosurgery reports.
 Even Rick Hansen himself had no idea of the impact he would have on the understanding and treatment of spinal cord injury when he wheeled his way to the finish line of his around-the-world tour 25 years ago.
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