The first human experiment with neural precursor cells implanted to treat chronic spinal cord injury suggests the procedure is safe, and hints at a small benefit.  

Thousands of axons grew from the transplants and connected to damaged primate tissue, the first such demonstration in primates.

Zebrafish have a remarkable ability to heal their damaged nerve fibers following a spinal injury.

Neuroscientist Geoffrey Raisman pioneered the study of spinal cord injury and the use of cell transplants to repair the damage.

A 3-D carbon nanotube mesh enables rat spinal tissue sections to reconnect in culture.

A 24-year-old quadriplegic man regains control of his arm with a neural prosthetic device.

Early neurons reprogrammed from human skin cells show unprecedented axonal growth in a rat model of spinal cord injury.

Nearly three years after Geron shuttered its stem cell program, BioTime receives funding to relaunch a Phase 1 trial for spinal cord injury.

New PLOS data sharing rules; mouse cortical connectome published; reprogramming astrocytes into neurons and fibroblasts into hepatocytes

With a single gene, scientists reprogram supporting cells in the spines of living mice into new neurons.