#Spinal cord

Author: Robby Berman / Source: Big Think Researchers find a new and inexpensive way to keep organoids growing for a year. Axons from the study’s organoids attached themselves to embryonic mouse spinal cord cells. The mini-brains took control of muscles connected to the spinal cords.

Author: Laurel Hamers / Source: Science News for Students For many people, paralysis used to be a life sentence. But that’s changing. Injuries to the spinal cord can cause paralysis, an inability to move one or more parts of the body. But a new therapy may help when other treatments have failed.

Author: Laurel Hamers / Source: Science News Paralysis is becoming less permanent — at least for some. There’s now more evidence that stimulating the spinal cord can restore voluntary movement in paralyzed patients who haven’t recovered after other treatments. After five months of training