Human studies show feasibility of brain-machine interfaces
...rking to develop prototype devices that may enable paralyzed people to operate "neuroprosthetic" and other exte...ither text or speech. Such devices could help both paralyzed people and those who have lost speech capabilities because of stroke or amyotrophic lateral sclerosi...First biomarkers to diagnose Lou Gehrig's disease found in CNS
...nts in the later stages of the disease are totally paralyzed although their minds remain alert. To identify the specific ALS biomarkers that could be used as a diagnostic tool, Dr. Bowser and his colleagues examined the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 25 people recently diagnosed with ALS and 35 control subject...Study: New neurons can get out of spinal cord
...r neurons" were implanted into the spinal cords of paralyzed rats, a constant drip of molecules that block the ...ted the pre-motor neurons into the spinal cords of paralyzed adult rats, easing them into areas typically rich in motor neurons. "We transplanted roughly 12,000 ...Robotic technology teaches spinal cord injury patients to walk again
DALLAS April 29, 2004 A 50-year-old man paralyzed from the neck down in a devastating motorcycle accident a year ago is learning to walk again with the help of a robot named Lokomat at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Chuck Benefield of Dallas was riding his motorcycle on a quiet country ro...Researchers invent way to determine optimal conditions for spinal cord nerve regen in lab animals
...fully regenerated healthy spinal nerve endings of paralyzed rats using an implantable scaffolding. The scaffolding is referred to as a "biodegradable spinal graft." Mayo Clinic's experimental scaffolding consists of several innovations. It uses polymer chemistry to create a biodegradable material that can be ...Univ. of Pittsburgh researcher presents six-year results of botox injections for bladder dysfunction
...injected into specific muscles, the muscle becomes paralyzed or weakened, but leaves surrounding muscles unaffected, allowing for normal muscle function. Common urologic conditions like neurogenic detrusor hyperreflexia and overactive bladder are caused by involuntary contractions of the detrusor muscle, whic...Grants from Research to Prevent Blindness to support eye researchers surpassed $8 million in 2003
...degeneration and diabetic retinopathy; reanimating paralyzed eye muscles; and more....Northwestern University receives $7.5 million for regenerative medicine
...ern researchers, who ultimately would like to help paralyzed people walk again and enable diabetic individuals to lead a normal life without daily treatments or organ donations, are using regenerative medicine as their approach to achieving these goals. "Regenerative medicine is one of the great biomedical ch...Promise of stem cells amplified
...nia , Irvine , have reversed spinal cord damage in paralyzed adult rats, allowing them to walk again. The researchers, led by Hans Keirstead, PhD, used human embryonic stem cells, which have the potential to become any cell type in the entire body--and turned them into oligodendrocytes--a type of cell in the b...Scientists detail latest advances in development of prosthetic devices for paralyzed
... interfaces (BCI) may also allow people completely paralyzed by neurodegenerative diseases to regain some movem...t measurement, which is obviously not possible for paralyzed subjects. This step was unnecessary in the current study. In the current study, the prosthetic arm ...Researchers develop neural prosthesis allowing a monkey to feed self using only its brain
...day lead to devices that could help people who are paralyzed or who have lost limbs," said Andrew Schwartz, Ph.D., professor of neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and senior researcher on the project. The research was detailed in a press conference today at the 2004 Annual Meeting ...Replicating an eel's nerve circuitry may aid paralyzed people
... develop a microchip implant that may someday help paralyzed people walk again. After a spinal cord injury, man...evered nerves or directly stimulate the muscles in paralyzed limbs. Etienne-Cummings and Cohen are pursuing a different but possibly complementary approach. They......zation and non-specific activation of immune cells paralyzed by the tumor. The human immune system fights cancer partly through the production of many populations of specialized immune cells called cytolytic T cells (CTL). Each CTL population recognizes a different, specific marker, an 'antigen', on the cance...