Japanese scientists use stem cell treatment to restore movement in spinal injury patients
A study published on December 23, 2025, in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, examined how age may influence recovery following a spinal cord injury.
Injuries left them paralyzed. An early promising clinical trial is helping them walk short distances again.
Specific DNA sequences control how cells in the nervous system respond to spinal cord injury, a study has found, potentially enabling more targeted treatments.
Neuroscientists and neurosurgeons from Canada, Switzerland and the Netherlands collaborate on life changing research and innovation
Tel Aviv University is preparing the first human spinal cord implant trial, offering hope for people paralyzed by injury.
Researchers have identified the neurons responsible for boosting the intensity of breathing when organs need more oxygen, for example, during exercise or at high altitudes. This discovery, published in Cell Reports , unveils a potential new target for treatments seeking to restore normal breathing functions in people who have suffered a spinal cord injury. Read full article here.
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Dear Colleague, Welcome to the Open Data Commons for Spinal Cord Injury (ODC-SCI)! The ODC-SCI was established in 2017 as a dedicated data sharing portal and repository for the field of SCI. Through the ODC-SCI, you can share data with your colleagues in a protected space and publish data to the public with a DOI. The ODC-SCI complies with the FAIR data principles to ensure that SCI data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. With the growth of this community we hope to expand the amount of data sharing and promote transparency and reproducibility for our common goal to find a cure for SCI, and provide a means for the SCI community to meet increasing funder and journal data sharing requirements. Read full article here .
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