A two-year-old girl in Georgia has been left paralyzed after suffering a rare condition brought on after she contracted the flu, according to her parents. Sara Lopez, 2, fell victim to transverse ...

CHARLOTTE — Three-year-old Logan Reese was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a rare neurological condition caused by inflammation of the spinal cord, after experiencing sudden paralysis on St.

“The damage to her spinal cord is extensive," her GoFundMe said Friends and family of a Canadian college athlete are rallying together to raise funds after she was suddenly diagnosed with a rare ...

Injuries in the central nervous system (CNS)—such as those in the spinal cord—trigger glial scar formation, which inhibits nerve regeneration from healthy neurons surrounding the damage. This results ...

Researchers have built a realistic human mini spinal cord in the lab and used it to simulate traumatic injury. The model reproduced key damage seen in real spinal cord injuries, including inflammation ...