The boy was born with the rare disease that would gradually take away his cognitive and motor function without treatment.

There is no cure for the rare disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University's College of Medicine and the UMass Chan Medical School have achieved ...

Researchers were able to use electrical signals to help a paraplegic man walk. — -- A paraplegic man was able to walk again with the help of some advanced technology. Researchers from the ...

Nomine Fabian is ready to take on the world. At age 11 she is already a sailing champion and an aspiring para athlete. While ...

This family consists of an Army veteran, divorced single mother of 2 who became homeless when she fled an abusive marriage. She relocated to Tallahassee to provide a safe, healthy environment for her ...

Boston Children's Hospital has received $8.1M in NIH funding to support and expand the Spastic Paraplegia Centers of Excellence Research Network (SP-CERN). Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari, M.D., Ph.D., ...

Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) encompasses a heterogeneous group of genetic neurodegenerative disorders primarily characterised by progressive lower-limb spasticity and weakness. The condition ...

Han Go-eun, a model-turned-actor, is famous for her self-management. In particular, he has maintained a weight of 52 kg since ...

What is the cause of flexor and extensor spasms seen in patients with paraplegia? What is the prognosis in such patients? How do we manage such a problem? In a spinal cord injury resulting in ...

In a recent publication in Molecular Therapy, researchers from Drexel University College of Medicine and UMass Chan Medical ...