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

An estimated 18,000 people in the United States annually suffer from new injuries to their spinal cords. Unfortunately for ...

The University of Louisville and Kosair for Kids plans to dramatically expand capacity and improve services provided through ...

The work underscores how important blood vessel restoration is to recovery of neurological function after a spinal cord injury, researchers said. "Spinal cord injuries are severe not only because ...

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

Clinicians have long sought a rapid, minimally invasive diagnostic method that confirms injury, severity and recovery potential. The novel blood test described in a report published in the March issue ...

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

The expansion from UofL Health and Kosair for Kids promises enhanced care for children with spinal cord injuries.

A blood test could give spinal injury patients their chance of full or partial recovery The test depends in part on spinal cord DNA found in the bloodstream More severe injuries release higher ...