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.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Want to see...
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...
‘BrainGate’ Brain-Machine-Interface takes shape
An implantable, brain-computer interface the size of an aspirin has been clinically tested on humans by American company Cyberkinetics. The 'BrainGate' device can provide...
Study on dogs yields hope in human paralysis treatment
Researchers have successfully tested injections of a liquid polymer to heal spinal injuries in dogs in an experiment that also offers hope for preventing...
Preventing Permanent Spinal Cord Injury
Injections of a man-made liquid may some day help treat spinal cord injuries and prevent permanent paralysis, according to an animal study.
One day, ambulances...
Wrestling Coach Temporarily Paralyzed By Injury
Coach Considers Himself 'Blessed,' Not Lucky
BALTIMORE -- A high school wrestling coach who was 15 minutes away from being paralyzed says he's blessed.
On Nov....
