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View Post: Nick Charles: On Assignment: Breathing After Spinal Cord Injury ...
1 hour ago by Nick Charles  
Summary: Spinal cord injuries, like the one that actor Christopher Reeve endured, are the focus of a specialized team at Mayo Clinic. These researchers are collaborating in the laboratory to understand how to restore breathing function ...
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View Post: Auto accident TBI treatment licensed to BHR Pharma
Spinal Cord ...
6 hours ago by admin   ...
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View Post: Spinal Cord Injury News and Blog: Think Before You Leap
1 hour ago by Webmaster  
The Australian Stem Cell Centre Clinical adviser Dr Kirsten Herbert says that three patients contracted meningitis after stem cell treatment in China because of spinal cord injuries. He also adds that cancer too is a possible ...
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View Post: Nanospheres can repair spinal cord injuries
9 Nov 2009 by Emma Woollacott  
Researchers at Purdue University have found they can repair damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries by injecting nanospheres into the blood shortly after an accident, raising hopes of a new treatment for paralysis. ...
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View Post: The Biotech Weblog: Nanospheres Used in Drug Delivery May Treat ...
10 Nov 2009
In animals with spinal cord injuries , polyethylene glycol, or PEG, has been found to specifically target damaged cells and seal the injured area, reducing further damage. It also helps restore cell function. Drug-delivery nanospheres ...
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View Post: Purdue Newsroom — Findings show nanomedicine promising for ...
8 Nov 2009
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a new approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres that could be injected into the blood shortly after an accident. ...
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View Post: Advances on Many Fronts to Spinal Cord Injury Repair
9 Nov 2009 by noreply@blogger.com (bw)  
This image represents "copolymer micelles," tiny drug-delivery spheres that could be used in a new approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries. The bottom graphs show data indicating damaged spinal cord tissue ...
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View Post: Richard Alexander » How to Prove a Spinal Cord Injury
18 Nov 2009 by richard  
Spinal injury occurs when vertebrae, the supporting boney structures of the back that that make up the spine, are fractured, dislocated or the disks between the vertebrae fail and the soft center of the disk compresses the spinal cord. ...
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