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Spinal Cord Injury Higher The Location Of Spinal Injury The Greater The Damage Here Is Why The Science Of Health ABP Live English

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Spinal Cord Injury Higher The Location Of Spinal Injury The Greater The Damage Here Is Why The Science Of Health ABP Live English

Spinal Cord Injury: Welcome back to “The Science Of Health”, ABP Live’s weekly health column. Last week, we discussed how technology impacts heart health, and how the use of everyday electronic gadgets such as mobile phones, laptops, tablets, earpods and smartwatches increases one’s susceptibility to cardiovascular diseases. This week, we discuss why higher a spinal … Read more

Ongoing gene therapy trials have driven increased use of ALS genetic testing, finds study

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Ongoing gene therapy trials have driven increased use of ALS genetic testing, finds study

Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine led the creation of evidence-based consensus guidelines for genetic testing and counseling for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease that affects the cells in the brain and spine. These evidence-based, consensus guidelines provide clinicians with a framework for the … Read more

Illustrating the safety of a new drug treatment designed for spinal cord injury

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Illustrating the safety of a new drug treatment designed for spinal cord injury

New orally available drug for spinal cord injury found to be safe and tolerable in healthy participants New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has demonstrated the safety and tolerability of a new drug treatment designed as a therapeutic intervention for spinal cord injury (SCI). The research, … Read more

Novel tool could help neuroscientists crack the secrets of spinal cord

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Novel tool could help neuroscientists crack the secrets of spinal cord

The spinal cord is harder to access and study than even the brain. The challenges posed by its mobility and anatomical structure have made understanding exactly how it functions difficult. Rice University engineers will work with collaborators to optimize an array of nanoelectronic threads, or NETs ⎯ already used successfully for gathering high-fidelity, long-term data … Read more