Monthly Archives: January 2008
Injured Spinal Cord: Rewire Nerves?
Rewiring healthy nerves may offer a new way to increase the odds of walking again after spinal cord injuries.
A new study shows rewiring nerve...
Researchers ask: Is China the sleeping giant of biotech?
PARIS (AFP) — China's biotech sector accounts for just a sliver of its pharmaceutical industry and operates under the cloud of a massive review...
Mice walk again after spinal cord injuries
SCIENTISTS have figured out how mice can regain some ability to walk after spinal cord injuries, and hope this insight can lead to a...
Community’s kindness pours out to injured athlete
Three days before Christmas — and three months and two days after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury on the South Gwinnett High School...
Scientists restore walking after spinal cord injury
Spinal cord damage blocks the routes that the brain uses to send messages to the nerve cells that control walking. Until now, doctors believed...
China Offers Unproven Medical Treatments
BEIJING (AP) — They're paralyzed from diving accidents and car crashes, disabled by Parkinson's, or blind. With few options available at home in America,...
Desperate Americans seek unproven cell treatments in China
BEIJING (AP) - They're paralyzed from diving accidents and car crashes, disabled by Parkinson's, or blind. With few options available at home in America,...
VA To Add Spinal Cord Injury Center
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - The Syracuse VA Hospital is on the verge of a $78 million upgrade, complete with new technology and a six story...
