A team of Japanese researchers reports that two out of four patients who received stem cell transplants showed improvements ...

Elle Yona went from performing as a competitive high school dancer and learning to drive, to being paralyzed from the neck down.

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first ...

As a high school teacher and baseball coach, Steve Loutzenhiser is used to an active life, describing himself as “super ...

Even advanced brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), like those developed by Elon Musk’s Neuralink, assume that paralyzed limbs ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) patients often rely on their loved ones as caregivers for help with daily tasks. Caring for a loved ...

enclose and protect a cylinder of nerve tissues known as the spinal cord. Between each one of the vertebrae is an intervertebral disk, or band of cartilage serving as a shock absorber between the ...

This can put pressure on the brainstem and spinal cord, and obstruct the flow of fluid. The severity of Chiari malformations can vary from person to person, but generally: Chiari I malformations ...

the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows because of arthritis, bone spurs, or other problems.

Jaxon Knowles' family is raising money in honor of their "miracle baby," as his mom says his Feb. 17 death "still doesn't feel real" Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been ...

Got a call right before take-off that the groom had fallen from upstairs in the VIP section, and they believed had severed his spinal cord. Turns out he had severed his spinal cord and after a few ...

was diagnosed with tumours on his brain and spinal cord after suffering extreme headaches. He told BBC Radio Somerset: "I was in utter shock and I didn't feel old enough to understand what was ...