Researchers are conducting their study using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS). Read more at straitstimes.com.

Paralysis caused by serious spinal cord injuries affects more than 150,000 patients in Japan alone, with 5,000 new cases each ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. There is currently no ...

Keio University said that the motor function score for two patients improved after an operation to implant more than 2 ...

Four paralyzed individuals have undergone surgery, the first of its kind in the world, involving the implantation of electrodes in the brain and spinal cord to build a "nerve bypass" between the two ...

2 Shoulder muscle recovery started 8–10 months after the spinal cord operation. At 12–15 months, elbow function began to recover, followed 2 years postoperatively by forearm, wrist and ...

"After Yousef had the implant put in, the spinal cord stimulator ... Learn more about Yousaf Ghafar's story and his operation on RTÉ Radio One's Drivetime and Six One News this evening.

"This was the first time this surgery has ever been done in this manner," he said. An X-ray of Mr Ghaffar's spine during the operation which shows the insertion of the spinal cord stimulator During Mr ...

Medical researcher Noraishah Mydin Abdul Aziz says the children may suffer lifelong consequences without the surgery and ongoing treatment.

An X-ray of Mr Ghaffar's spine during the operation which shows the insertion of the spinal cord stimulator During Mr Ghaffar's surgery rigid wire leads were inserted through an epidural needle to ...