Spinal-cord injuries hit teen athletes hardest
Spinal-cord injuries, such as those suffered recently by two Minnesota high school hockey players, are rare but more likely to occur among teenagers.
Spinal-cord...
Innovative Technology Allows Paralyzed to ‘Step and Stand’
Longwood, FL – The music plays an upbeat song in the background that is almost in rhythm with the gliding motion of the latest...
“The World I Come From”
An extraordinary college essay written by Gabrielle Schneiderman about the day of her brother's car accident and the emotional response their family had to it.
One...
Spinal Cord Injury Survivors: You May be Eligible for Social Security Disability Benefits
Spinal cord injuries change lives forever. If you or someone you love suffer from paralysis, quadriplegia, a spinal disorder, or another type of spinal...
The Injury Co-Op: Smoothing Bumps on Road to Recovery
On June 17, 2000 Dana Guest’s life was forever changed when she was involved in a car accident and sustained a traumatic spinal cord...
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Not Dead Yet Despite Geron Pullout
Recent news that Geron has abruptly pulled out of the embryonic stem cell (ESC) business, after having just begun the only human clinical trials...
Where Does Geron’s Exit from Embryonic Stem Cells Leave the Field?
Given that the firm with the most money has just quit, questions about how to succeed are rampant.
Geron, a pioneer in stem cell research...
Exoskeletons Will Be the Eyeglasses of the 21st Century
We don’t often realize it, but all fashion is predicated upon human beings’ predilection for prostheses and augmentations. All clothing, bags, and shoes are...
Geron Is Shutting Down Its Stem Cell Clinical Trial
The company conducting the world’s first clinical trial of a therapy using human embryonic stem cells said on Monday that it was halting that...
There’s Nothing Like the Voice(s) of Experience
A spinal cord injury affects the entire family. For families who are dealing with a new spinal cord injury, there is often a sense...
