Stem-Cell Research Underway at UCI
Hans Stegmann Keirstead, assistant professor and researcher at the Reeve-Irvine Research Center, is revolutionizing medical science through work which prevents rats from suffering degenerative...
Book: Roll Models, by Richard Holicky
Why do some spinal cord injury survivors succeed after injury and others spiral into inactivity and depression? Richard Holicky, himself a survivor, profiles 53...
The Sea Inside (Movie)
Summary: Based on the profoundly moving true story that captured the world’s attention, "The Sea Inside" is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro (Bardem), who fought...
William Rush, quadriplegic activist, dies at 49
BY MATTHEW HANSEN/Lincoln Journal Star
William Rush once wrote about the overwhelming desire to get out on the dance floor and shake it for all...
Spain’s High-Flying, Deep-Sea-Diving Quadriplegic Poet-Hero
Based on the chastened life and hastened death of Spanish euthanasia activist Ramón Sampedro, the painterly biopic The Sea Inside finds art-house hunk Javier...
Ethicists Wary of New Stem Cell Proposals
WASHINGTON -- A member of the President's Council on Bioethics and two Columbia University scientists are promoting new research methods that could, they say,...
The comeback kid
The odds were against W&M cornerback Stephen Cason ever walking again, much less sparking a Division I-AA quarterfinal rally.
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Helping to heal complications from spinal cord injury
By: News-Medical in Medical Research News
A London scientist has received a major grant to help improve the quality of life for individuals with spinal...
Paralyzed Floridian hopes to walk again
By Tal Abbady - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - He once was a swimmer and scuba diver whose idea of a quick afternoon...
Spine therapy works on dogs, may help humans
By Lee Bowman, Scripps Howard News Service
Researchers have successfully tested injections of a liquid polymer to heal spinal injuries in dogs in an experiment...
