Since white matter in most
spinal cord injuries was more damaged than gray matter, the majority of rat models for
spinal cord injuries included contusion or compression injuries to white matter in the thoracic region of the vertebral column.
Level of
spinal cord injury###Severity of
spinal cord injury based
Seventy-eight patients with cervical
spinal cord injury complicated with incomplete paraplegia who were admitted to the hospital between August 2015 and December 2017 were selected and divided into an observation and control groups using random number table, 39 each group.
A major barrier is the lack of understanding of the complex cascade of biological processes that occur when a
spinal cord injury happens.
In recent years, much work has been done exploring the potential of using hPSC-derived stem cells to create new
spinal cord cells needed to repair damaged or diseased
spinal cords.
The Malaysian
Spinal Cord Injury Advocacy Association said plastic straws were an accessible tool for some people with physical disabilities - like those with
spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, or hand amputations - to drink or consume liquids like soup.
Addressing the public at the
spinal cord injury day commemoration, held under the theme; In the Fight to Win Against
Spinal Cord Injuries in Kasane recently, Mr Butale explained that inclusion of the affected would not only impact on them and their families, but the communities, the public at large and the country's economy positively.
The achievement at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine advances not only basic research like biomedical applications of in vitro disease modeling, but may constitute an improved, clinically translatable cell source for replacement strategies in
spinal cord injuries and disorders.
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that they have successfully created
spinal cord neural stem cells (NSCs) from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) that differentiate into a diverse population of cells capable of dispersing throughout the
spinal cord and can be maintained for long periods of time.
The primary objective of the study, conducted in San Diego, Calif, was to evaluate the safety of NSI-566 transplantation in subjects with stable thoracic
spinal cord injury.
Falls account for 30 percent of all
spinal cord injuries, second only to motor vehicle accidents.
