Yearly Archives: 2004
disabled job despair
Getting a job if you're sick or disabled can be an uphill struggle. Less than 40 percent of all disabled people in the Netherlands...
Stem cell quest takes family to Bahamas
FENTON TWP. - Giving Karly Pollack a second chance at a normal life may come from an experimental stem cell transplant not performed in...
Differing Views on Controversal Stem-Cell Research
`Research is promising'
With all the recent discussions surrounding stem-cell research and former First Lady Nancy Reagan's support of this research, I am encouraging all...
Straight talk on stem cells
Stem cells are in the news. I know that you are working on stem cell research. Tell us a little about your work.
My research...
Yale researchers receive $4.5 million grant to study spinal cord repair
Yale researchers Stephen G Waxman, MD and Jeffery D Kocsis have received a $4.5 million grant from the Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development...
Eye for excellence
Decatur man 2nd in national archery contest
A second-place finish in a national archery competition would be enough to make most people brag.
But not for...
Scientists make stem cell breakthrough
Cures for diabetes, Alzheimer's and spinal cord damage could be as little as five years away, after the landmark creation of more than one...
Robot aids the spinal-cord injured
Lokomat helps people with paralysed legs simulate walking movements
In an attempt to get the brain to signal the body to walk again, doctors are...
Patients Speak Out on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, June 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, patients gathered for a press conference on Capitol Hill to echo the Congressional calls on President Bush...
Lawmakers in U.S. House Propose to Expand Stem-Cell Funding
June 23 (Bloomberg) -- A Republican and a Democrat in the U.S. House introduced a measure that would lift President George W. Bush's limits...
