Scientists at the Shirley Ryan AbiilityLab in Chicago are studying whether an investigational drug can help the 300,000 Americans living with spinal cord injuries. “We are testing an investigational ...

Spinal cord injury alters the type of bacteria living in the gut and that these changes can exacerbate the extent of neurological damage and impair recovery of function, new research suggests. The ...

Many of the genes involved in the natural repair of the injured spinal cord of the lamprey are also active in the repair of the peripheral nervous system in mammals, according to a study by a ...

Jessie Owen sustained a spinal cord injury 12 years ago, when a tree fell on her family’s car while driving over Highway 2. She broke her neck. “When you hear that scary diagnosis...the hope leaps ...

Researchers have achieved the first conclusive non-invasive measurement of neural signaling in the spinal cords of healthy human volunteers. Their technique may aid efforts to help patients recover ...

Scientists have long tested spinal stimulators in a quest to help people in wheelchairs stand. Now, University of Pittsburgh researchers hope they may help solve a more common problem: stroke-caused ...

Researchers from The Ohio State University have discovered that spinal cord injury alters the type of bacteria living in the gut and that these changes can exacerbate the extent of neurological damage ...