In the race for a spinal cord injury cure, a United States based doctor and leading researcher Wise Young claims the non-profit organization China Spinal Cord Injury (ChinaSCINet) has had successful results in trials that utilized stem cell therapy for patients with SCI, according to an article released by The Times of India. The second… Read More
Army Begins Collaborative Research on TBI and PTSD
The United States Department of Defense reports that the Army will participate in a $60 million research study for traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The effort is sponsored by the National Football League, General Electric and the athletic apparel manufacturer Under Armour. Additionally, a White House executive order recently allocated $700 million toward both TBI and… Read More
Recent Research Indicates New Focus In Treating TBI
Statistics have recently shown that traumatic brain injuries will be the world’s third leading cause of death and disability by 2020, which is why efforts to find new treatments en route to an eventual cure have been ramped up in recent years. Fortunately, with advancements in modern science and technology, scientists and medical researchers have… Read More
U.S. Army Hosting TBI Forum Tomorrow For Brain Injury Awareness Month
Tomorrow, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Brain Injury Association of Maryland will host a forum on traumatic brain injuries at the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground facilities in Aberdeen, Maryland. The forum will begin at 1 PM ET and last until 4 PM ET in the APG’s post theater, and the audience… Read More
An Old Drug Is Providing New Benefits In The Potential Treatment Of Autism
The drug Suramin was first developed in 1916 by two German scientists as a means of treating African sleeping sickness, which is a potentially fatal disease that is characterized by humans generally feeling tired and sleeping during the daytime, while remaining awake at night. The drug is still produced and sold by pharmaceutical giant Bayer… Read More
New Study Targets The Tongue As New Key To Brain Injury Recovery
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Tactile Communication and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory believe that they may have developed a new treatment process that can lead to considerable improvements in people who have experienced a variety of brain injuries. Specifically, they believe that they key to reversing the debilitating, lasting effects of TBI like multiple sclerosis could… Read More