Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) received $78.4 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from NIH, the fourth consecutive grant since its inception in 2008. The grant provides federal funding over the next seven years to support research services, educational resources and programs, and local, regional, and national initiatives. The award was announced by Tufts University and Tufts Medicine on June 7. CTSI tufts accelerates the translation of laboratory and medical research into clinical use, widespread medical practice, and the improvement of health care and health policy. It connects…
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Paralyzed patients can move again with nerve stimulation, confirms HCMC clinical trial
A common implant designed to stimulate the spinal cord is enabling paralyzed patients to move again, a first-of-its-kind discovery in a clinical study at HCMC in Minneapolis. While findings have varied among the roughly 20 study participants, the upshot so far is that people can regain function after spinal cord injury and not simply maintain the limited mobility they have, said Dr. David Darrow, the principal investigator. The trial could be the first to force the US Food and Drug Administration to approve a device that restores function after spinal…
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