Researchers have used genetic tools to investigate how specific nerve cells in the brain respond after a spinal cord injury.

The paralysed man can stand again after receiving experimental stem cell therapy. He was given an injection of neural stem ...

A paralyzed man received an injection of reprogrammed stem cells that helped him stand and move on his own again.

Scientists have developed a breakthrough technique to directly convert skin cells into neurons, bypassing the need for stem ...

Once damaged, it has limited ability to heal, leaving millions of people worldwide with permanent paralysis. However, a ...

The CNS includes the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. A misdirected inflammatory response damages nerve cells of a protective coating called myelin. Myelin coats the nerve fibers from the ...

Scientists have developed a new method that can grow motor neurons from skin cells, which may serve as a platform for ALS ...

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 ...