Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair ...

More than half of the people living with spinal cord injury experience some kind of pain during their lives. Regular medication for pain is often insufficient and prone to side-effects. This thesis ...

Researchers observed axon regrowth in injured mice that received a single treatment injection ... the neuropathic pain that is often triggered by a spinal cord injury. Analysis of the presence ...

Tiny cells inside small blood vessels called pericytes can be forced to change shape and create "cellular bridges" that ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the ... the symptoms can vary widely, from pain to paralysis to incontinence. Spinal cord injuries are described at various levels of "incomplete", which ...

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) strives to promote educational and research development in the fields of ...

Spinal cord injury often results in permanent paralysis as a consequence of the inability of axons to regenerate across the lesion. Although the adult spinal cord is currently known to be capable ...

Hongkongers with spinal cord injuries may have a chance to regain ... to provide a one-stop shop for healthcare, ranging from treatment to rehabilitation, contributing to the city’s push to ...