Yearly Archives: 2007

Nobel Prize Winning Scientist Joins InVivo Therapeutics Team

Richard Roberts, PhD, to advise on molecular biology of traumatic spinal cord injury CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InVivo Therapeutics Corporation, a medical device company focused on restoring...

State to Fund Spinal Cord And Brain Injury Research

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana is about to take a huge step forward in assisting thousands of Hoosiers who have suffered from spinal cord and brain...

The Late Teddy Pendergrass Talks Career After Spinal Cord Injury

Singer Teddy Pendergrass has a voice of gold and was one of our favorite R&B and Soul singers. He made music that we will...

Vets set sights on Wheelchair Games

MANSFIELD -- Lola Sanderson was intrigued when she saw Jonathan Merchant hand-pedaling a three-wheel cycle on the road near her house. He was young and...

They said she’d never walk again

But, Amanda Boxtel is fighting back ASPEN — Fifteen years ago when Amanda Boxtel crossed her ski tips at Snowmass Ski Area, she somersaulted and...

Still living life to the fullest

A lot has happened to Andrew Robinson since he was injured last June in a car-bomb explosion in Iraq. The 24-year-old former North Hanover resident,...

Conn. Considers Medicinal Use Of Marijuana

NEW YORK -- A diving accident more than a decade ago landed Mark Braunstein in a wheelchair. Though he can walk with crutches, he...

Jockey Andrew Lakeman paralyzed from waist down

NEW YORK -- Jockey Andrew Lakeman was told Wednesday night that he is paralyzed from the waist down as a result of a spill...

Hillary Clinton: Clinton Pledges to Lift Ban on Stem Cell Research as President

Joins Families, Medical Professionals at New Hampshire Conversation to Discuss Potential Life-Saving Treatments 6/15/2007 -- HANOVER, NH -- Hillary Clinton said today that science, not...

A new deal for the disabled

GN, Hansen Foundation strike partnership to improve wheelchair accessibility The Government of Nunavut and the Rick Hansen Foundation have signed a partnership agreement that both...