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Combination Therapy Dramatically Improves Function After Spinal Cord Injury In Rats

A combination therapy using transplanted cells plus two experimental drugs significantly improves function in paralyzed rats, a new study shows. The results suggest that...

Two techniques combined to treat spinal cord injury

Two techniques that had been previously developed to treat spinal cord injury in animals work effectively when combined, allowing deliberately injured rats to regain...

Christopher Reeve Foundation recognizes spinal cord injury research in Israel

Dr. Mike Fainzilber found his inspiration to pursue a cure for paralysis early in life. The Israeli was deeply affected by the 1976 Israeli commando...

Disabled Quincy man puts past behind him, focuses on the future

Greg Starman admits he will occasionally still find himself wondering, "Why?" Why did such an unbelievably cruel twist of fate have to befall a...

Lexington pro willing to dream big this week

Harston, a qualifier, says his knowledge of Valhalla a plus With only two spots each week for qualifiers and just seven each year at Qualifying...

Paralysis no limit to determination

Helping out... Ricky Wright, the former Edison Tech football player who was paralyzed during a scrimmage in August 1994, is attempting to raise money to...

Rats Regrow Damaged Nerves

The research was supported by the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and the Buoniconti Fund. A combination of therapies helped...

Roll chair, roll film … action

A Hollywood movie producer clears the path for a big-screen retelling of the Rick Hansen story Calgary native Victor Webster is Mark Gordon, the American...

Medtronic Announces Launch of NIM-Spine System to Help Reduce the Risk Associated with Spinal...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2004--Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced the commercial release of the NIM-Spine(TM) System neural integrity monitor, a surgeon-guided device for locating...

New Strides In Understanding How Walking Is Coordinated

CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have devised a genetic technique to distinguish the neurons in the spinal cord that control...