SerpensV passes along the news that German scientists have found direct evidence that the spinal cord is involved in the placebo effect (whose diminishing over time we discussed a bit earlier). "The researchers who made the discovery scanned the spinal... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Wed, Nov 04 2009
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Scientists Restore Walking After Spinal Cord Injury » slashdot Spinal cord damage blocks the routes that the brain uses to send messages to the nerve cells that control walking. Until now, doctors believed that the only way for injured patients to walk again was to re-grow the long nerve highways that link the brain... |
| 28 Jul 09 |
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Dye Used In Blue M&Ms Can Lessen Spinal Injury » slashdot SydShamino writes "Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that the dye used in blue M&Ms and other foods can, when given intravenously to a lab rat shortly after a spinal injury, minimize secondary damage caused by the... |
| 24 Nov 08 |
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Nose Cells May Heal Spinal Chord Injuries » digg People paralysed by spinal cord injuries could soon be "repaired" using cells from their own noses. |
| 28 Jul 09 |
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Blue Food Dye Treats Spine Injury in Rats » digg The same blue food dye that gives your Gatorade its turquoise tint and turns your tongue a peculiar shade of purple might also protect your nerves in the case of spinal cord injury. Not to mention about the coolest side effect ever. |
| 04 Nov 09 |
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'Scar eating' Enzyme Aids Spine Repair -News in Science » digg US researchers have engineered an enzyme that can gobble up scar tissue formed after spinal cord injuries, overcoming a key hurdle to getting injured nerves to reconnect and heal...................... |
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