Jessie Owen sustained a spinal cord injury 12 years ago, when a tree fell on her family’s car while driving over Highway 2. She broke her neck. “When you hear that scary diagnosis...the hope leaps ...
Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a healing mechanism that could one day be harnessed to help treat patients with spinal cord injuries, stroke, and neurological conditions such as multiple ...
The big picture: Nearly two decades ago, Shinya Yamanaka and Kazutoshi Takahashi discovered they could turn mature somatic cells back into stem cells. The scientists predicted these new cells could be ...