UTI Risk in Spinal Injury Reduced by New Catheter
The use of a hydrophilic-coated catheter called SpeediCath (Coloplast) delays the onset of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients with acute spinal cord injury.
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Human trial to use stem cells to treat spinal cord injury
A patient paralysed through spinal cord injury has become the first person to receive human embryonic stem (ES) cell treatment in a clinical trial...
Rutgers’ LeGrand has no movement below neck after spinal cord injury
Rutgers defense tackle Eric LeGrand currently has no movement below the neck following surgery Saturday night for a spinal cord injury he suffered in...
Everett talks about his recovery from paralysis
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three years ago, a hit on the football field left Kevin Everett paralyzed. He became one of the 300,000 Americans living...
Stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury tested on patient
NEW YORK — Geron Corp. has begun testing an embryonic stem-cell treatment on a patient with spinal cord injuries, marking the first time such...
Geron Starts First Human Embryonic Stem-Cell Study
Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Geron Corp. used a therapy made from stem cells taken from human embryos to treat a patient paralyzed by...
Desperate search for spinal cord injury cure
Imagine the plight of a young person, the sole bread-earner in the family, getting paralysed below the neck as a result of a road...
Paralyzed man overcomes ‘amazing odds’ to help others
When he was 19, a cliff-diving accident left Dan Cummings of Hyde Park paralyzed from the neck down, and doctors told him that he’d...
Stem Cells Repair Damaged Spinal Cord Tissue
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown how stem cells, together with other cells, repair damaged tissue in the mouse spinal cord. The results are...
Second anniversary of Michigan embryonic stem cell research vote
On Oct 4-6, Michigan welcomes the World Stem Cell Summit. Honored at the conference are Governor Jennifer Granholm and Alfred Taubman. Dr. Joseph Kincaid...
