New nanomaterial passes the blood-brain barrier to reduce damaging inflammation after the most common form of stroke. When ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

A new study from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute now shows how human stem cell based therapy may help ...

A stem cell therapy for stroke restored neuron function and revealed how transplanted cells navigate the nervous system.

Every year, millions of lives are suddenly, swiftly transformed by a stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel travelling towards the brain becomes obstructed, causing neurons to die off. Strokes are ...

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Having a stroke can leave behind permanent damage that affects functions such as memory and motor skills. Researchers who induced strokes in mice and ...

Hopstem has already completed phase 1 testing of hNPC01 in China, with encouraging results, and says it has now reached ...

A new University of Manchester and Edinburgh study published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity has found that ...

First patient gets stem cell injection in brain for possible stroke treatment. Nov. 17, 2010— -- U.K. doctors injected fetal stem cells into the brain of a male stroke patient this week, opening ...

Illustration showing a transplanted nerve cell (gold) using its internal compass (code) to find its partner nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord (green). Some parts of our bodies bounce back from ...