A new human spinal cord organoid model replicates key injury responses, such as inflammation, cell loss, and scar formation. Applying “dancing molecules” therapy reduced inflammation and encouraged ...

Researchers have built a realistic human mini spinal cord in the lab and used it to simulate traumatic injury. The model reproduced key damage seen in real spinal cord injuries, including inflammation ...

Neurites include axons, which are often severed during spinal cord injuries. When axons are cut, communication between ...

Scientists have taken a major step toward treating spinal cord injuries that cause paralysis. In lab dishes, researchers at Northwestern University grew tiny organoids of the human spinal cord. Then, ...

Discover the groundbreaking research on organoid models for spinal cord injury, promising new therapies for paralysis recovery.

The Briefing is sponsored by Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) and will include SCI researchers Murray Blackmore, Ph.D., Marquette University, and Jennifer Dulin, Ph.D., Texas A&M. Retired Air Force ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising new role for netrin1, a crucial protein in neural development, as a regulator that limits bone morphogenetic protein signaling in the developing spinal cord.

The first organized stem cell culture model that resembles all three sections of the embryonic brain and spinal cord, and produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system, ...

Netrin1 is a protein that was first characterized for its axon guidance activities during embryonic development. The netrin family has been shown to play many critical roles in developmental and ...

Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have uncovered an unexpected role for the molecule netrin1 in organizing the developing spinal ...