Paralysis
- December 3, 2019
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When Vivian Mushahwar first applied to grad school, she wrote about her idea to fix paralysis by rewiring the spinal cord. Source link
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Read more- November 15, 2019
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Following a nearly 25-year search across three continents, parents of a pair of sisters—who as children slowly became paralyzed from the waist down—finally have a diagnosis, according to researchers at...
Read more- October 30, 2019
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- Tags: ChildhoodcontracturesFibromyalgia; Stem Cells; Neuropathy; Diseases and Conditions; Child Development; Brain-Computer Interfaces; Brain Injury; Mental HealthfindmuscleParalysisScientiststreatment
In mice, the drug bortezomib preserved muscle growth and prevented loss of elbow and shoulder motion in conditions resembling cerebral palsy and newborn brachial plexus injury, the most common causes...
Read more- October 29, 2019
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When children experience brachial plexus injury at birth, or are born with cerebral palsy, some of the most disabling problems that follow are muscle contractures, or tightness of muscles, that...
Read more- October 26, 2019
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There are a lot of plants eaten for food that may also contain toxins that harm the brain and the nervous system, when present in amounts that cross the limit...
Read more- October 26, 2019
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- Tags: childrenChimpanzeeconqueredfinallyParalysisPolioPoliomyelitisScientistsstrainvaccineviruswild
World Polio day is observed on the 24th of October. This year on the day officials announced that one of the three strains of the wild polio virus has been...
Read moreThe new test detected antibodies for two types of enteroviruses in the spinal fluid of dozens of patients diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a disease that causes potentially permanent...
Read moreAfter infection with poliovirus, only about 1% of individuals develop paralysis. I have always wondered whether genetic polymorphisms underlie the rarity of this disease outcome. The results of study carried...
Read more- August 22, 2019
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Nigeria remains without a case of polio for three years and is in the verge to be certified as a polio-free country. Source link
Read more- August 22, 2019
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There have been no reported cases of polio in Nigeria for the last three years and the nation may soon be declared free of the crippling viral disease. According to...
Read moreThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention thinks that viruses play a role in the childhood paralysis called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The finding of antibodies to enterovirus D68 (EV-D68)...
Read more- July 26, 2019
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded the University of Alabama at Birmingham approximately $10 million over 5 years to...
Read more- July 26, 2019
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Trinity College Dublin researchers have found that one in 347 men and one in 436 women can be expected to develop motor neuron disease during their lifetime. Source link
Read more- July 25, 2019
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Johns Hopkins Medicine and University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers will lead a multicenter, multinational study of acute flaccid myelitis, the “poliolike” condition affecting children that causes loss of muscle...
Read more- July 16, 2019
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Gut microbes produce compounds that prime immune cells to destroy harmful viruses in the brain and nervous system, according to a mouse study published today in eLife. Source link
Read moreA prospective study of young adults with spinal cord injury examines the benefits of nerve transfer surgery up to 24 months after the intervention. Source link
Read more- July 6, 2019
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(MedPage Today) -- Young adults with tetraplegia can grasp, pinch, and open and close hands Source link
Read more- July 5, 2019
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13 young adults with tetraplegia are able to feed themselves, hold a drink, brush their teeth, and write as a result of a novel surgical technique which connects functioning nerves...
Read more- July 5, 2019
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Researchers from Australia have successfully “rewired” the nerves within the paralyzed arms of some accident survivors and provided them with successful movement of arms and hands. Source link
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