The ability to walk has been restored following a spinal cord injury, using one’s own brain power, according to research published in the open access Journal of NeuroEngineering and Re... Read more
Groundbreaking results bring new hope for those with spinal cord injury Four people with paraplegia are able to voluntarily move previously paralyzed muscles as a result of a novel therapy t... Read more
Brown researchers have shown that optogenetics — a technique that uses pulses of visible light to alter the behavior of brain cells — can be as good as or possibly better than the older tech... Read more
Researchers at the University of Arizona and University of Tübingen have made a breakthrough in retinal implant technology that could help people who have lost their sight see more than just... Read more
Imagine if you could treat pain the same way you treat a cut: throw a bandage on it and let it heal. Thimble Bioelectronics is working on a patch based on Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Sti... Read more
Preliminary Research Findings for Ekso in Spinal Cord Injury – Promising Preliminary research findings have been released from a clinical study of the wearable robotic exoskeletal devi... Read more
What if a drug could improve learning and cognition and had no untoward medical consequences? Wouldn’t it be justified to make it widely available? A group of scientists concluded three year... Read more