$5.5 million CIRM grant to fund development of new cervical spinal cord injury therapeutic

Aileen Anderson, director of UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, has been awarded a 30-month, $5.5 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The funds will be used in the development of a new human neural stem cell therapeutic for treating chronic cervical […]

Episode 21-16 Spinal cord injury to cancer to COVID?

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UCI stem cell researcher receives $4.8 million CIRM grant to address traumatic brain injury

UCI stem cell scientist Brian Cummings was awarded a $4.8 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state’s stem cell agency. This grant will support the only CIRM-funded program addressing traumatic brain injury in California. TBIs are a leading cause of death & disability worldwide, and two million Americans annually (230,000 Californians) […]

Stem cell researchers receive $1.6 million from CIRM for spinal cord injury studies

UCI stem cell researchers have received $1.6 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to create a new line of neural stem cells that can be used to treat chronicle cervical spinal cord injury. Aileen Anderson, director of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center at UCI, will lead the effort. The […]

Gene inhibitor, salmon fibrin restore function lost in spinal cord injury

A therapy combining salmon fibrin injections into the spinal cord and injections of a gene inhibitor into the brain restored voluntary motor function impaired by spinal cord injury, scientists at UC Irvine’s Reeve-Irvine Research Center have found.

Spinal cord injury patients report regained sensation in human neural stem cells clinical trial

Swiss doctors with the world’s first clinical trial using human neural stem cells to treat chronic thoracic spinal cord injury report that two patients have regained some ability to feel touch and heat.

UC Irvine News Brief: Documentary features Reeve-Irvine spinal cord injury research

“SurvivorTales: Toby’s Story” will make its world premiere at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.

UC Irvine News Brief: Newspaper profiles first spinal cord injury patient to get UCI stem cell treatment

Paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident last September, Timothy Atchinson now reports some very slight sensation in his legs.

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Acute stroke team saves teenager from severe brain injury

Swift action by medical center’s acute stroke team saves teenager from severe brain injury.

Compound boosts marijuana-like chemical in the body to relieve pain at injury site

Drug created by UCI, Italian team inhibits enzyme that breaks down anandamide.