Sentences with phrase «even after a spinal cord injury»

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WASHINGTON — Paralyzed rats can breathe a sigh of relief: A new treatment can restore lung function, even a year and a half after a spinal cord injury that takes it away.

This is groundbreaking for the entire field and offers a new outlook that the spinal cord, even after a severe injury, has great potential for functional recovery.»

«Humans have very limited capacity for regeneration, while other species like salamanders have the remarkable ability to functionally regenerate limbs, heart tissue and even the spinal cord after injury,» said lead researcher Karen Echeverri, PhD, assistant professor in the department of genetics, cell biology and development at the University of Minnesota.

Many people are also involved in an auto accident or other trauma that can often sustain a brain or spinal cord injury — sometimes so apparently minor that many doctors or hospitals say you're fine, even after an MRI or CT scan.

Even years after an accident, damage from things like traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries can lead to death.

Incomplete spinal cord injuries do not cause total damage to the vertebrae and nerves in that portion of the spine and a person may still have feeling or motor functions available even after a serious injury.

The Queensland protesters say they should not be excluded from state - based disability services, even if their spinal cord injury happened after 65 years of age.