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A team of researchers at Keio University has succeeded in improving spinal cord damage in mice by transplanting into them neural stem cells produced with human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, they said.

The transplant is the first of its kind in which a therapeutic effect of human iPS cells--which can be transformed into various...

AUSTRALIAN scientists have made a stem cell breakthrough that promises to uncap research efforts while skirting around the contentious issue of needing human embryos.

A joint Victorian and NSW team has produced the nation's first human induced...

ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- ArunA Biomedical, Inc., announced today that it will make its hN2(TM) cells commercially available to the research community in early 2009. The cells, derived from NIH registered human embryonic cell lines, are offered as a normal, consistent population of neural cells...

Even during the dark days of the Bush Administration's stem-cell restrictions, Melton helped keep the field going, culturing cells and getting them into labs.

Scientific inspiration can come from anywhere...

Farmington (WTNH) - There's a major breakthrough in stem cell research at the University of Connecticut, placing the state at the forefront of medical research.

Dr. Ge Lin came to Connecticut from China a year ago because the state of Connecticut was...

DALLAS — Jan. 28, 2009 — Physical therapists at UT Southwestern Medical Center are evaluating a new mechanical arm that allows people recovering from neurological injuries such as strokes and traumatic brain injury to enter a virtual world where they can repeatedly practice movements needed to regain arm strength and movement.

UT Southwestern is one of fewer than a dozen sites testing...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: CUR) today announced that it has received Official Notice of Allowance for its patent application, number 10/047,352, for Stable Neural Stem Cell Lines from the US Patent and Trade Office (USPTO). This patent covers the technology to immortalize any human...

(CNN) -- Federal regulators have cleared the way for the first human trials of human embryonic stem-cell research, authorizing researchers to test whether the cells are safe to use in spinal injury patients, the company behind the trials announced Friday.

Embryonic stem cells are blank cells found in embryos, which have the ability to turn into any cell in the body...

Landmark Legislation Will Promote Collaborative Research, Rehabilitation and Quality of Life Initiatives for Millions Living with Paralysis and Spinal Cord Injuries

SHORT HILLS, N.J., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the national, non-profit organization dedicated to finding cures and treatments for spinal cord injuries and improving the lives of people living with paralysis, applauds the United States....

CHICAGO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Researchers believe they have found a potential way to regenerate nerves by stimulating a gene and said on Thursday they hope their work in worms may some day help people with spinal cord injuries.

The gene is part of a network, or pathway, of four genes that appear to be essential for nerve repair