Welcome to the Biologics Lab
Explore what translational biomedical research is about at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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A Minimally Invasive Tool to Measure Muscle Impairment
A minimally invasive technique that measures the contraction of living muscle tissue could be an alternative to the painful muscle biopsies.
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Stem-Cell Breakthroughs Promise Novel Treatments for Cerebral Palsy and Related Conditions
Although the cause of CP is a mystery, researchers at RIC are at the forefront to understand, treat, and ultimately cure, this life-long neurological disorder.
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Our Projects
Take a look at a few of the projects we work on everyday.
Stimulus-Response on Select Serum Biomarkers in Knee Osteoarthritis
Research Project
Muscle Impairment in Children with Cerebral Palsy: a Role for Muscle Stem Cell Dysfunction and Drug Repurposing
PROJECT TYPE:
Cerebral Palsy, Muscle, Biology, Muscle Fibers, Cell Biology, Stem Cells, Cell Culture
Research Project
Defining trajectories of linguistic, cognitive-communicative and quality of life outcomes in aphasia
PROJECT TYPE:
Stroke, Aphasia, Quality Improvement, Outcomes, Brain, Biology, Speech Disorders
Research Project
Sarcomere Measurements
PROJECT TYPE:
Muscle Fibers, Muscle, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Physiology
Research Project
Clinical Trials
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The acute impact of lower body positive pressure treadmill walking on biological markers of joint disease in individuals with knee pathology
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Altered functional connectivity associated with time discounting in chronic pain.
Chronic pain (CP) is a global problem extensively associated with an unhealthy lifestyle. Time discounting (TD), a tendency to assign less value to future gains than to present gains, is an indicator of the unhealthy behaviors. While, recent neuroimaging studies implied overlapping neuro mechanisms underlying CP and TD, little is known about the specific relationship between CP and TD in behavior or neuroscience. As such, we investigated the association of TD with behavioral measures in CP and…
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