IN OCTOBER OF 2024, RAAB WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS, A FATAL DISEASE WHICH SLOWLY DESTROYS NERVE CELLS AND SPINAL CORD, WEAKENING MUSCLES THAT WILL EVENTUALLY STOP WORKING. IT’S A REALLY HORRIFIC ...

The authors' laboratory and others have explored strategies for delivering biologic (e.g., cellular therapeutics and viral vectors) to the spinal cord. Broadly, access to the spinal cord may be ...

But if you have axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), a chronic form of arthritis that dramatically increases your risk of fracturing your spine, the diagnosis also comes with a second helping of fear.

On MRI, axial spondyloarthritis is characterised by a unique combination of bone destruction, such as erosion, alongside new bone formation, including syndesmophytes, backfill, and ankylosis. This ...

A chi-square test was performed to compare ALS patients with CG regarding commonly used MRI markers, including atrophy of the corpus callosum and spinal cord, as well as T2 hyper- and hypointensities ...