Articles tagged with "Paralysis"

Vitamin B3 precursor to help prevent Spinal Cord damage

Substances naturally produced by the human body may one day help prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. The Weill Cornell team believes that permanent nerve damage may be avoided by raising levels of a compound that converts to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) — the active form [...]