A recent study published in the journal Engineering delves into the application of tissue engineering in spinal cord injury (SCI) repair, presenting a comprehensive review of the latest research and ...

A baby diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) was successfully treated in the womb for the first time. Now over two years old, she shows no signs of the disease. This milestone suggests that ...

Pathmaker's MyoRegulator is designed to ease hyperexcitability and delivers an electrical current to the spinal cord and ...

The spinal cord bladder and bowel reflex arc is damaged in patients with injuries to the cauda equina, lumbar and sacral segments below the conus medullaris. Patients do not typically transition to an ...

Biogen Canada Inc. announced today that Health Canada has issued marketing authorization with conditions (Notice of Compliance with Conditions (NOC/c)) for QALSODY™ (tofersen injection) for the ...

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for the motor-neuron condition ... neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem.

Paradromics announced today that it selected investigators for an upcoming clinical study of its brain-computer interface ...

Hyperrelexic, overactive or spastic bladder or bowels occur with spinal cord injury at or above T12. The primary characteristic of this type of injury is increased organ spasms. The UMN bladder may ...

SMA is an inherited condition that affects specific motor neurons, namely the nerve cells in the spinal cord that control the voluntary movement ... for how to make a protein called survival motor ...

Doctors in the US have treated a fetus with a rapidly progressive congenital disease while in the uterus for the very first ...

A new study has found that increasing the levels of "healthy fats" may improve survival in a motor neurone disease model.