Senate Hearing on Adult Stem Cell Research Has Tempers Flaring

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- It was supposed to focus on "good news" associated with advances made in the field of adult stem cell research,...

Post-doctoral fellow to study spinal cord interneurons with Reeve grant

The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation has awarded Steven Crone, a post-doctoral fellow in Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology, a two-year grant of $120,000 to conduct...

Senator Pushes Adult Stem Cells

A Senate hearing on stem cells generated heated discussions Wednesday despite the best efforts of the senator in charge. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) opened the...

Reeve deals with New Orleans’ humidity

NEW ORLEANS -- Christopher Reeve and scores of actors are fighting New Orleans' soggy heat in different ways. Reeve, directing a TV movie about a...

Don’t bet against him

MT. VERNON — Had he been able, he would have leaped out of his bed, fists raised. If his legs had responded, if his...

Antibody Block Helps Regenerate Spinal Cord

An Antibody treatment that neutralizes a nerve growth inhibitor has repaired damaged spinal cords in rats and could do the same in humans. Researcher Lisa...

Device helps people learn to walk again

After Scott Rayburg was seriously injured in an automobile accident in Ohio last year, surgeons gave him no more than a 15 percent chance...

Christopher Reeve to speak at FirstEnergy Park

LAKEWOOD, N.J. – The Lakewood BlueClaws and Eric Taylor’s Empowerment Group are pleased to announce that Christopher Reeve will headline Empower New Jersey 2004,...

I’m going to walk again

16-year-old who woke up paralyzed hasn't lost his will or his faith Zack Murphy got a necktie not long before Father's Day this year, an...

Teen, paralyzed in accidental shooting, files bid for gun’s maker

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A California youth left paralyzed in an accidental shooting filed a $175,000 bid in federal bankruptcy court here Friday to buy...