Yearly Archives: 2007

Over $40 Million In Stem Cell Grants Awarded

Gov. Schwarzenegger In Burlingame Feb. 16 - KGO - It was an historic day for stem cell research. The first grants were made today to...

Many spinal cord injuries from crashes

NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (UPI) Seventy percent of the 1,500 U.S. spinal cord injuries to minors result from vehicle accidents, and 68 percent were...

Carpenter transforms stem cells, self

Melissa Carpenter of Novocell transforms stem cells and herself. Life is transformed in the stem cell laboratories of Melissa Carpenter. "These cells are the coolest cells...

St. Jude Medical Announces FDA Clearance of

Tripole 16C helps physicians customize care with 16 independent electrodes ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

No excuses: former LP resident focuses on capabilities, not disabilities

New children’s book is her latest project Maureen Pranghofer might claim she is just like everyone else, but one look at her life reveals that...

California Stem Cell Debate Goes Back To Court

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- The fight over control of $3 billion worth of funding for stem cell research in California goes back to...

70% of Spinal Cord Injuries in Children Result from Motor Vehicle Accidents; Most Not...

Newswise — Of the nearly 1,500 spinal cord injuries (SCIs) sustained by children age 18 and younger every year, approximately 70 percent are...

Neuronal Differentiation Of Human Neural Stem Cell Grafts In Adult Rat Spinal Cord

Human neural stem cell grafts can show neuronal differentiation in the normal and injured spinal cord of adult rats. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University...

Study: Spinal cord can repair itself

BALTIMORE, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have disproved the long-held theory that the spinal cord is incapable of repairing itself. The Johns...

Designers roll out their latest lines: Chic wheelchairs

If you can't stand up, stand out. That has been Marilyn Hamilton's motto ever since she was paralyzed from the waist down in a hang-gliding...