Traumatic injury to the brain, spinal cord and optic nerve in the central nervous system (CNS) are the leading cause of disability and the second leading cause of death worldwide. CNS injuries often ...

Scientists have demonstrated a new system that can restore crucial molecular and cellular functions in pigs one hour after death. Experiments showed that some tissue damage from loss of oxygen can be ...

Researchers of this new study found that treatment with venetoclax may be able to restore activation and proliferation of these cells, suggesting their plasticity can be leveraged for autologous ...

Optogenetics is a technique that has been in development for several years, and aims to combine optics and genetics to use light to control cell function. Researchers have now used optogenetics to ...

Kidney failure has a significant impact on public health; about 750,000 Americans and 2 million people around the world are affected every year. People can be treated with dialysis or a transplant, ...

For decades, Alzheimer’s research has largely focused on slowing decline, not restoring what was lost. Now a series of animal ...

Aerobic exercise has the potential to restore function in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) and thalamic atrophy — a patient population at increased risk for progressive physical and cognitive ...

Wearable and implantable neurotechnology, including both devices and biological constructs, have the potential to improve and restore independent function in children and adults with neurological ...

“Neuralink can essentially help bridge communications from the cortex, past the point in the neck or spine, where the nerves ...

An international team has created a new electronic material that can heal its functions automatically even after breaking multiple times. A response to the issue of electronic materials struggling to ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses the regeneration of the cardiovascular system. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the ...