Larger State Grant For Spinal Cord Researchers

COLUMBIA - The Missouri House approved a bill that will give spinal cord researchers more money to conduct research. This fund was initially set up...

Stem cell therapies: Dangers and opportunities

VANCOUVER, May 10 /CNW/ - Respected researchers from around the world agree that stem cells therapies hold a great deal of promise for people...

Rick Hansen and Dr. Charles Tator discuss spinal cord injury in Canada

TORONTO, May 10 /CNW/ - On May 11th celebrated athlete and Order of Canada recipient, Rick Hansen, will deliver the inaugural ThinkFirst Canada lectureship...

Local ‘celebrities’ to learn trials of spinal cord injuries

Winnipeg's police chief is one of five notable Winnipeggers participating in an event to give them an idea of what it's like to live...

Prevent Spinal Cord Injury At All Ages

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Augusta, GA —Someone in the U.S. sustains a life-changing spinal cord injury every hour, but prevention takes only a second. Spinal cord injuries...

Helping spinal injury patients move forward

(PhysOrg.com) -- When UC Irvine physician Dr. Suzy Kim arrives bedside in her wheelchair, patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries see a rolling...

Ryan Creech accepts injury but doesn’t surrender to it

Ryan Creech can't walk, but he's driven to move forward. Creech — injured three years ago in an all-terrain vehicle accident — runs the telephone...

Injury led to Kentucky research fund

A tragic car accident helped turn Kentucky into a national hub for spinal cord research. In 1993, state Sen. Tim Shaughnessy's niece, Maggie Brooks, was...

University of Louisville, Kentucky centers develop treatments, create hope for spinal cord injuries

A bullet remains lodged in Michelle Alexander's spinal cord nearly six years after her husband shot her four times — instantly paralyzing her —...

California funds UCI basic research on stem cells

Marian Waterman, Aileen Anderson awarded $2.6 million in CIRM grants Irvine, Calif., April 29, 2010 — Two UC Irvine scientists will receive grants totaling more...