Yearly Archives: 2004
BOEC lands “Quality of Life’ grant
BRECKENRIDGE - The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) has awarded the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center (BOEC) a $10,000 Quality of Life Grant as part...
‘I would do anything . . . if there was any chance’
Eric Coffman, of Denver, was a 19-year-old Colorado School of Mines student when he damaged his spinal cord snowboarding in 2001.
He flew to Israel...
Promise for the paralyzed
Groundbreaking procedure at Craig Hospital offers hope to those with spinal injuries
ENGLEWOOD - A skid into a tree, a bad fall on an icy...
‘I remember what it was like to have nothing – no feeling’
Melissa Holley, the first person in the world to get macrophage injections for a spinal cord injury, is a believer.
"I can't ignore the fact...
Man hurt in surgery to get $3.6 million
Jury: Surgeon breached standard of care during operation at Christiana Hospital
A federal jury in Wilmington awarded a Chesapeake City, Md., man $3.6 million Friday...
What is rT3 and its role in spinal cord injury?
The term rT3 refers to a form of tri-iodo-thyronine, one of the active iodinated thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormones are made by the thyroid gland....
He’s a whole bunch of miracles wrapped up in one
RANKLIN — Jeremy Sublett began playing football at Franklin-Simpson High School last fall. He was just looking for something to do to pass the...
Hormone released by bone marrow cells may hasten recovery from brain injury
Melissa Holley, the first person in the world to get macrophage injections for a spinal cord injury, is a believer.
"I can't ignore the fact...
Scientists create human embryos through cloning, extract embryonic stem cells
For the first time, scientists have achievedhuman "therapeutic cloning," creating human embryos through cloning and extracting stem cells that were thenmorphed into other kinds...
Human clones verified
For the first time, scientists have achievedhuman "therapeutic cloning," creating human embryos through cloning and extracting stem cells that were thenmorphed into other kinds...
