Northwestern University scientists have developed the most advanced organoid model for human spinal cord injury to date. In a new study, the research team used lab-grown human spinal cord ...

Spinal cord injuries cause permanent paralysis in part because inflammation, cell death, and glial scarring block nerve regeneration, and there has been no reliable human tissue model to test ...

Complex 3D structures of cells called organoids could be used to test treatments for spinal-cord damage that can lead to paralysis.

The findings support that all cell populations within the implant are in a post mitotic state, meaning there was no evidence ...

Organoids have transformed biomedical research by giving scientists miniature versions of human organs to study in the lab. These tiny structures cannot think, move, or function like full organs, but ...

Prolonged sitting weakens your spine and drains vital energy. Discover five powerful yoga stretches that restore spinal ...

Northwestern University scientists have healed lab-grown human spinal cords using an injectable therapy built on “dancing molecules,” a treatment that previously restored movement in paralyzed mice.

Harvard Medical School neurobiologist David Ginty has won The Brain Prize 2026 for his career-long research on our sense of ...

A three-year-old boy who would almost certainly have been born paralysed because of a severe spinal abnormality is able to ...

Art often imitates life. In Marvel Comics, Wolverine was named after a mammal known for its aggression. And while wolverines ...

Discover why we stop scratching. Researchers identify spinal cord neurons that signal when an itch is satisfied, offering hope for new chronic itch treatments.

Alex Warwick was told over and over that his symptoms were due to stress or health anxiety from being in medical school ...