Mar. 27, 2025 — In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers have now discovered that these skeletal cells do not just differ ...

The spine, or backbone, is made up of a column of 33 ... enclose and protect a cylinder of nerve tissues known as the spinal cord. Between each one of the vertebrae is an intervertebral disk ...

A new therapy that first made headlines in 2021 is now showing potential to heal human cartilage. Developed by scientists at ...

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous system. An MRI can detect spinal cord lesions and help diagnose and monitor the condition. Multiple ...

Experiencing a spinal cord injury is life-changing in nearly every aspect of a person’s well-being: physically, emotionally, and socially. The initial shock of the injury often comes with fear, ...

So, while the spinal cord may be our backbone (or at least reside inside it), we don’t know as much as we should, or as we would like to. “Monitoring during surgery,” Dr. Barone continues ...

Courtine, and his colleague, the neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch, now felt confident that they could deploy the technologies to help patients with spinal cord injuries get back on their feet again.

Spinal Cord is a specialised, international journal that has been publishing spinal cord related manuscripts since 1963. It appears monthly, online and in print, and accepts contributions on ...

Augmenting rehabilitation robotics with spinal cord neuromodulation: A proof of concept. Science Robotics , 2025; 10 (100) DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adn5564 Cite This Page : ...

The tech should improve recovery outcomes. In 2022, New Atlas reported on how an implanted spinal cord stimulator had enabled nine patients, paralyzed following a spinal cord injury, to walk.