Rick Hansen helps open world class spinal cord research centre

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Man in Motion wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen saw a dream come true Tuesday with the opening of a world-class spinal cord...

Paralysis research requires a barrel of monkeys

At the Miller Laboratory of Limb Motor Control, "monkey business" is a misnomer. The lab, located at the Feinberg School of Medicine, is hoping to...

3 with local ties inducted

Dr. James S. Krause, Harriet McBryde Johnson and Marc Buoniconti Three of this year's 19 inductees into the Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame have...

Implant hope for paraplegics to walk again

AUSTRALIA's bionic ear experts may hold the key to perfecting a technique that will allow paraplegics to walk again. A Canadian researcher has been working...

Burris is living proof- LOST speaker tells Camdenton students to consider choices

Camden County, Mo. - It’s the simple things in life that frustrate him the most – changing a light bulb, visiting friends and running...

P.L.A.Y-ing, not just for kids anymore

CLEMSON — It’s a day that many soldiers look forward to. A day where they’ve reached the end of their service time and are...

StemCells, Inc. Announces Four Presentations at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting

PALO ALTO, Calif. — StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) announced today that results pertaining to the Company's research programs in retinal degeneration as well as spinal...

SYGNIS Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the European Commission for AX200 in the treatment...

-Second indication for AX200 given Orphan Drug status SYGNIS Pharma AG, today announced that it has received Orphan Drug designation from the European Commission for...

Light revival

Researchers are discovering how light can manipulate the nervous system A FEW years ago researchers found a way to create a remotely controlled on-off switch...

Expert lectures on regenerative medicine

Molly Shoichet spends her days imagining a world where victims of spinal cord injuries can walk again. A world where faulty organs can be...