Quadriplegic teen nabs 10-point buck

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - A 15-year-old boy who was paralyzed in a 1997 accident on a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle killed a 10-point buck Tuesday by...

A Stem Cell Christmas Miracle?

A report earlier this week that South Korean researchers have used stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood to help a woman with a...

Paralyzed man is recipient of holiday spirit

Strangers, friends and family are remodeling Jesse Freeby's house to make it wheelchair accessible DENNIS McCARTHY MILWAUKIE -- Jesse Freeby never realized how many friends he...

Andrew Stephen on a quadriplegic’s death sentence

For those of you who cannot conceive of the US as a cruel country, read the tale of the young quadriplegic condemned to death...

Paralyzed woman walks again after stem cell therapy

=SEOUL : A South Korean woman paralyzed for 20 years is walking again after scientists say they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells...

Wireless reconnects spinal patients

By Jon Fortt - KNIGHT RIDDER Stephen Suer has a passion for books, scuba diving and road bikes: He's not your typical banker. But his life...

Stem cell basics, minus opinions

There are few controversies that polarize individuals as does the one surrounding stem cell research. I will attempt to take a very difficult subject...

Most spinal-cord injury patients suffer ‘abnormal’ pain: poll

Three-quarters of paralyzed spinal-cord injury patients suffer from persistent abnormal pain, according to a study released Friday. A group of spinal cord injury patients and...

Stem cell from umbilical cord blood used to treat paralysis

By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL SEOUL -- South Korean researchers say they've used stem cell therapy to enable a paralyzed patient to walk after she was...

California’s New Stem-Cell Initiative Is Already Raising Concerns

By JOHN M. BRODER - New York Times LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 - As California moves to begin a lushly financed program of embryonic stem...