From Reggie Brown to Damar Hamlin to Morice Norris: NFL’s most devastating on-field injuriesFrom Chuck Hughes' sudden death in 1971 to Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest in 2023 and the recent injury to Morice Norris, the NFL has witnes...
09 Aug, 2025, 10.16 AM IST
Saif Ali Khan attack: An accused has been identified, was attempted burglary, says DCP GedamMumbai Police have identified an accused in the attack on actor Saif Ali Khan. The incident occurred at Khan's Bandra residence and was an ...
16 Jan, 2025, 04.46 PM IST
Saif Ali Khan attacked: From fight with thieves to stabbing, here's what happened at Bollywood star's house in MumbaiBollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was hospitalized after an intruder with a knife attacked him at his Bandra residence in Mumbai. The incident ...
16 Jan, 2025, 02.51 PM IST
How Delhi doctors helped Austrian athlete walk again two years after paragliding accident in LadakhAustrian big mountain free rider and filmmaker Fabian Lentsch, who was paralyzed after a paragliding accident in India, has regained the ab...
03 Sep, 2024, 02.42 PM IST
Direction of nerve cells is critical for restoring spinal cord after injury, says studyScientists at the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) have found that directing and nudging nerve cells is crucial for restoring ...
22 Sep, 2023, 06.28 PM IST
A paralysed man walks again, after a 'miracle' spinal cord implant in JapanThe implant sends electrical pulses to his muscles, mimicking the action of the brain.
09 Feb, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
- Gene therapy may boost stroke recovery
New York, March 28 (IANS) Researchers have found that a genetic trigger may improve the brain's ability to heal from a range of debilitatin...
28 Mar, 2018, 04.57 PM IST
- Silk may be used to repair damaged spinal cords: study
Currently there is no cure for serious spinal cord trauma, in part because spinal nerves are unable to cross the scar tissue barrier and th...
27 Oct, 2017, 11.50 AM IST
- Researchers explore repairing spinal cords with silk
London, Oct 27 (IANS) Researchers have discovered that cleaned, sterilised silk from Asian wild silkworms had properties well suited to spi...
27 Oct, 2017, 05.17 AM IST
- Improved mobility to people with damaged spinal cord
New York, Feb 19 (IANS) Researchers have developed an electrode that is more durable and could allow for improved restoration of mobility a...
20 Feb, 2017, 05.42 PM IST
Opioids can make your pain worse, says studyThe researchers said that the recent escalation of opioid prescriptions in humans may be a contributor to chronic pain.
31 May, 2016, 02.20 PM IST
Meet Sergio Canavero, the neurosurgeon who will carry out first human head transplant next yearThere were several attempts at head transplants since 1954 but all were unsuccessful.
14 May, 2016, 07.44 AM IST
Stem cells may help treat spinal cord injuriesThe stem cells, called neural progenitor cells, were taken from rat embryos and directed to develop as spinal cord tissue.
18 Apr, 2016, 04.10 PM IST
'Mini-brain' in spinal cord helps body balance"Our study opens what was essentially a black box, as up until now we didn't know how these signals are encoded or processed in the spinal ...
30 Jan, 2015, 03.55 PM IST
- US treats first patient with human embryonic stem cells
US doctors have begun the first tests of human embryonic stem cells in patients, treating a man with spinal cord injuries in a landmark tri...
12 Oct, 2010, 01.49 AM IST
- Human clinical trials for stem-cell research on cards
In what is seen as a boost to the stem cell research in the country, India would soon get to host human clinical trials for therapies using...
10 Aug, 2009, 02.14 AM IST
- Local cos line up big stem cell research plans
Research in stem cells that holds promise in treating spinal cord injuries and difficult-to-cure diseases like blood cancer, Parkinson’s an...
14 Dec, 2006, 02.42 AM IST