Stem cell target: Repair spinal cord damage

SCI Research Advancement is working with adult stem-cell treatments to cure spinal cord injuries. SCI, which stands for "spinal cord injury," was founded by Will...

Stem cell offers man with bulllet injury new shot at life

MUMBAI: For 34-year-old Deepak Singh, stem cell therapy might not have worked the first time, but the second time, it has given him a...

Gridiron Heroes help athletes who have suffered spinal injuries

Few football games have had as much impact on as many lives as that state championship game in 2002 between Everman and Burnet. That...

Quadriplegic Sailor Arrives in BVI After Record Atlantic Sailing

Returning to where his life changed some 25 years ago, Geoff Holt who became quadriplegic following an accident at the Cane Garden Bay beach...

The Expendables Cast Member Sylvester Stallone and a Neck Injury

Sylvester Stallone Broke His Neck While Filming the Expendables Sylvester Stallone neck injury amounts to an amazing celebrity breaking his neck on the set of...

‘Avatar’ Gets Mixed Praise From Paraplegics

Wheelchair Users Say Paraplegic Action Movie Character Inaccurate, but Uplifting Like others who flocked to see the blockbuster movie "Avatar," 26-year-old Santina Muha was thrilled...

Adaptations help keep disabled ski racers going

Back on track Chris Klebl was paralyzed in a snowboarding accident in Australia. Sean Halsted's injury occurred when he fell 40 feet descending from a helicopter...

China a rising star in regenerative medicine despite world skepticism of stem cell therapies

Enforcing new Chinese rules for clinics may impact lucrative stem cell therapy tourism but improve international credibility, confidence Chinese researchers have become the world's fifth...

Research network for spinal cord injury beginning clinical trial

Many treatments to limit or reverse the devastating results of spinal cord injury have shown promise in the laboratory yet have never been brought...

From his toes, a message of hope

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Michael Straight sat in bed Tuesday evening and looked at his toes. They were moving. It was a seemingly insignificant achievement, but one...