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Drug discovery could aid spinal injury recovery
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Drug discovery could aid spinal injury recovery

by University of Edinburgh Scientists investigating potential drugs to improve recovery from spinal cord injury have uncovered a promising route to new treatments. Researchers tested more than 1,000 potential drugs and identified that an existing one—cimetidine—improved spinal repair in zebrafish. The drug also helped improve recovery of movement and reduce the extent of spinal cord damage...

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Cell Transplant Trial for Spinal Injury Is Safe

The first human experiment with neural precursor cells implanted to treat chronic spinal cord injury suggests the procedure is safe, and hints at a small benefit. Four patients with chronic spinal damage and a complete loss of motor and sensory functions below their waists have received transplants of human neural stem cells in a first-of-its-kind...