State to Fund Spinal Cord And Brain Injury Research

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana is about to take a huge step forward in assisting thousands of Hoosiers who have suffered from spinal cord and brain...

Nobel Prize Winning Scientist Joins InVivo Therapeutics Team

Richard Roberts, PhD, to advise on molecular biology of traumatic spinal cord injury CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InVivo Therapeutics Corporation, a medical device company focused on restoring...

2nd Chinese athlete faces paralysis from injury

BEIJING — A Chinese national volleyball player crashed into a wall during practice and is facing permanent paralysis, making him the second Chinese athlete...

One of First Patients to Be Implanted with Cyberkinetics’ Andara(TM) OFS(TM) System for Spinal...

Patient treated with Andara(TM) OFS(TM) Therapy for acute spinal cord injury will discuss his progress and the need to support promising new therapies for...

They said she’d never walk again

But, Amanda Boxtel is fighting back ASPEN — Fifteen years ago when Amanda Boxtel crossed her ski tips at Snowmass Ski Area, she somersaulted and...

Vets set sights on Wheelchair Games

MANSFIELD -- Lola Sanderson was intrigued when she saw Jonathan Merchant hand-pedaling a three-wheel cycle on the road near her house. He was young and...

Still living life to the fullest

A lot has happened to Andrew Robinson since he was injured last June in a car-bomb explosion in Iraq. The 24-year-old former North Hanover resident,...

Hillary Clinton: Clinton Pledges to Lift Ban on Stem Cell Research as President

Joins Families, Medical Professionals at New Hampshire Conversation to Discuss Potential Life-Saving Treatments 6/15/2007 -- HANOVER, NH -- Hillary Clinton said today that science, not...

Jockey Andrew Lakeman paralyzed from waist down

NEW YORK -- Jockey Andrew Lakeman was told Wednesday night that he is paralyzed from the waist down as a result of a spill...

Conn. Considers Medicinal Use Of Marijuana

NEW YORK -- A diving accident more than a decade ago landed Mark Braunstein in a wheelchair. Though he can walk with crutches, he...