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Blind Mice Can See (Better) After Scientists Regrow Nerves
Three blind mice (and a few more) are running a little bit better now, thanks to a group of scientists that were able to coax the nerves in their eyes to regrow. Larry Benowitz, a professor of surgery and ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, has
Tags: Larry Benowitz, technology-news, growth factor, New York City, Health Medical Pharma, optic nerve, nervous system, eye, Retina, Visual system
Paralysed man moves hand after op
Nerve rewiring helps paralysed man move hand Health and science reporter, BBC News Man demonstrates use of his hand following surgery...A paralysed man has regained limited use of his hand after pioneering surgery to bypass damage to his spinal cord.
Tags: moves hands, New York, spinal cord, Spinal cord injury, Health Medical Pharma, Peripheral nervous system, Nerve, Neurological disorders
Researchers Develop Technique for Helping to Regrow Damaged Nerves
This property sometimes gives hope to patients who have suffered a loss of sensation and/or movement in limbs due to trauma. Such natural healing is usually preceded by surgery to suture or graft damaged nerve endings together. Often times, however,
Tags: damaged nerve, NGC, El Granada, Health Medical Pharma, nerves, nervous system, physiology, Nerve, Nerve guidance conduit, bioengineering
Miniature honeycomb 'grows nerve'
The scaffold can channel clusters of nerves through its honeycomb of holes, eventually healing a severed nerve. The findings of their study on mouse nerves are published in the journal Biofabrication. Academics hope to one day treat spinal cord
Tags: Germany, berlin, spinal cord, Spinal cord injury, Health Medical Pharma, nervous system, Nerve, Neurotrauma, Brain
UT researchers announce neurological breakthrough
Texas University of Texas researchers say they are encouraged by the results of experiments into repairing damaged nerves in rats. They say they hope the results are a step toward techniques to repair spinal cord injuries that leave their victims
Tags: George Bittner, Austin, Health Medical Pharma, paralysis, nervous system, spinal cord, Peripheral nervous system, Nerve
Girl, 6, with cerebral palsy walks for first time after faulty nerves cut in pioneering U.S surgery
According to Scope, it is a neurosurgical technique used to treat spasticity (increased muscle tone) in the lower limbs. The lower vertebrae are opened to reveal the spinal cord which contain the neurones of the central nervous system. These
Tags: United Kingdom, london, Health Medical Pharma, Upper motor neuron lesion, spinal cord, Peripheral nervous system, Muscle, Muscular system, Nerve
The Zone: Film Review
Micro-budget filmmaker Joe Swanberg debuted his latest project at AFI Fest. Capping off his Full Moon trilogy of recent releases, micro-budget filmmaker Joe Swanberg 's The Zone world premiered at AFI Fest with little attendant fanfare, concluding a
Tags: Joe Swanberg, AFI Fest, Moon, los angeles, arts-culture-news, Mumblecore, DIY culture, Nerve, film
Disney Buys Pornographers' Parenting Website [Valleywag]
Disney Buys Pornographers' Parenting Website Chalk one up for middle-aged mundanity over the edgy glamour of youth. Disney will pay around $40 million for Babble Media, the oft-maligned blogging hub for hipster parents, sources tell Business Insider .
Tags: Disney Buys Pornographers, Disney Interactive Group, New York City, Babble, Business Finance, publishing, Nerve, human interest, Entertainment Culture
UIHC agrees to $550,000 malpractice settlement
The agreement is subject to approval by the State Appeal Board and Iowa District Court...According to court documents, Penhollow underwent surgery for bladder cancer on July 2, 2007. During the surgery, doctors allegedly caused damage to the mans
Tags: Nerve, UIHC, Matthew Penhollow, Iowa City, Health Medical Pharma, Neurological disorders, Femoral nerve, Disaster Accident, neuropathy
Getting on Your Nerves: $1.4 Million NIH Grant To Study the Regeneration of Nerves
Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description Injuries to the nervous system affect large numbers of people globally...With a new $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Deanna Thompson, associate professor
Tags: Charlottesville, Health Medical Pharma, Electrotherapy, nervous system, Neuroprosthetics, Functional electrical stimulation, medicine, Nerve, Neuron, Anatomy
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