Sentences with phrase «treating brain and spinal»

Sophisticated radiation therapy technologies for treating brain and spinal tumors, aneurysms, and blood vessel abnormalities while causing minimal damage to healthy tissues.

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The drug they identified is a powerful agent that is already used clinically to treat severe fungal infections of the brain and spinal cord.

Svendsen is more optimistic about his team's work involving human tests of a novel stem cell approach to treat ALS, a degenerative motor neuron disease in which cells that transmit messages from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles wither or die.

Twenty people in the study experienced meningitis (inflammation of the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord), either while they were being treated for Ebola or after they left the treatment unit.

A more highly publicised case was in 2009, when an Israeli teenager developed brain and spinal tumours after receiving several implants of fetal stem cells in Moscow to treat a rare degenerative condition.

«Someday AAV9 may help us treat spinal cord injury as well as diseases of the spinal cord and brain by carting genes right to the place they're needed,» Kaspar says.

The guidelines provide parameters regarding when clinicians should consider the possibility of ventriculitis (inflammation of the ventricles in the brain) or meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain or spinal cord) in patients who have cerebrospinal fluid shunts and drains (devices placed in the brain to relieve pressure due to fluid buildup), intrathecal drug pumps (for administration of pain medicine or other drugs into the spinal canal), deep brain stimulation hardware (medical devices that provide electrostimulation in the brain to treat Parkinson's disease or other neurological symptoms) or who have undergone neurosurgery or suffered from head trauma.

Lieber even held out the possibility that the syringe - injectable mesh electronics could one day be used to treat catastrophic injuries to the brain and spinal cord.

A Michigan State University researcher is challenging a widely held African belief that a spinal tap, a procedure safely used to treat other diseases, could suck the brain from the base of the skull and cause death in malaria patients.

Infection with Bb led to many histopathologic findings in infected animals not treated with dexamethasone, such as leptomeningitis, vasculitis, focal inflammation in the brain and spinal cord, and necrotizing focal neurodegeneration and demyelination in the cervical spinal cord.

The researchers took immune cells isolated from paralyzed mice that specifically target and harm the brain and spinal cord, and treated them with either CBD or THC.

In a new study published in the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, Drs. Ewa Kozela, Ana Juknat, Neta Rimmerman and Zvi Vogel of Tel Aviv University's Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Center for the Biology of Addictive Diseases and Sackler Faculty of Medicine demonstrate that some chemical compounds found in marijuana can help treat MS - like diseases in mice by preventing inflammation in the brain and spinal cord.

Still, when the brain cells and spinal cord cells of these babies were examined at autopsy, there was clear evidence that nusinersen had tricked SMN2 into producing a great deal more of the full length, motor neuron - protecting protein: two to six times more copies of SMN's messenger RNA were found in spinal cord samples from nusinersen - treated babies than in autopsy samples from untreated infants.

Douglas Postels, a pediatric neurologist in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, is challenging a widely held African belief that a spinal tap, a procedure safely used to treat other diseases, could suck the brain from the base of the skull and cause death in malaria patients.

Stem cell therapy is used to treat incurable diseases like Cerebral Palsy, Brain Hemorrhage and Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury & Paraplegia, Autism, Parkinsonism, Motor Neuron Disease, Muscular Dystrophy, Liver Diseases, Huntington's Disease, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Optic Neuritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebellar Ataxia and Friedrich Ataxia.

Clinical trials have shown promising results for MSCs when applied to treat numerous diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, brain and spinal cord injury, stroke, diabetes, cartilage and bone injury, Crohn's disease and graft versus host disease (GvHD).

Faculty and staff in the Brain and Spinal Tumor Program also are members of the Johns Hopkins Radiosurgery Group and treat many different brain conditions, both benign and maligBrain and Spinal Tumor Program also are members of the Johns Hopkins Radiosurgery Group and treat many different brain conditions, both benign and maligbrain conditions, both benign and malignant.

For over 30 years, I have utilized various aspects of biofeedback in clinical practice, including treating patients with common muscle imbalances, patients with brain and spinal cord injuries, professional athletes and others.

The Neurology & Neurosurgery Service treats animals with diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.

Neurology services treat conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, muscles, and nerves of animals including: intervertebral disc disease, lumbosacral disease, seizures, cancer of the nervous system, strokes, and vestibular disease.

Cross-sectional MRI can provide extremely detailed information about the brain, spinal cord and other structures that helps identify, evaluate, and successfully treat a wide variety of congenital neurologic diseases.

If your pet is not diagnosed and treated immediately, the disease can spread to the heart, kidneys and the nervous system including the spinal cord and the brain, showing signs associated with these organs.

Southeast Veterinary Neurology (SEVN) is South Florida's only hospital that exclusively treats medical and surgical diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.

Brain tumors, subdural hematomas, strokes, and spinal cord trauma are among the conditions often treated with neurosurgery.

If a child is not diagnosed and treated effectively for meningitis, brain damage, serious spinal cord injury and long - term medical challenges may result.

Paralysis is often caused by spinal cord, neck, and brain injuries, and it is extremely expensive to treat.

Representing only claimants with traumatic brain injuries and spinal injuries, Cari liaises with her clients and their case managers, treating clinicians, expert witnesses and support team to ensure that the best possible outcome (both in terms of compensation and rehabilitation) is reached for her clients.

Barrow treats patients with a wide range of complex neurological conditions, including brain and spinal tumors, cerebrovascular conditions, and neuromuscular disorders.