Monthly Archives: September 2008
Mexico discovers relief for spinal cord injuries
Developed at the Autonomous Metropolitan University in Mexico City, a polymer shows promise to restore damaged spinal cords in human patients.
Mexican researchers have synthesized...
Engineering Angiogenesis Following Spinal Cord Injury
Engineering angiogenesis following spinal cord injury: building functional, stable blood vessels and promoting the formation of the blood-spinal cord barrier
To Have Courage Trailer
Jen French suffered from a snowboarding accident resulting in a severe spinal injury.
"I'll Be Alright" trailer
In the early morning hours of Dec. 24, 2004 track worker Armando Gonzales was struck by a security vehicle rendering him a C2 quadriplegic.
Breakthrough Could Help Heal Spinal Cord Injuries Without Pain
AURORA, Colo., Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine say manipulating embryo-derived stem cell precursors prior...
The Peer Program (BC Paraplegic Association)
Jean Potvin was a workaholic who suffered a terrifying accident on the job that broke his back and left him a paraplegic.
Sole Use Of Impaired Limb Improves Recovery In Spinal Cord Injury
ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2008) — A new study finds that following minor spinal cord injury, rats that had to use impaired limbs showed full...
Paraplegic balloon pilot hasn’t let injury ground him
KAYSVILLE - Michael Glen hasn't let a Disability tether his dreams.
Like his father, Glen wanted to be a hot air balloon pilot. But after...
The European Commission Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Alseres Pharmaceuticals’ Spinal Cord Injury Treatment,...
HOPKINTON, Mass., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Nasdaq: ALSE - News) announced today that Cethrin has been granted designation as an orphan...
Breakthrough in spinal injury treatment
Manipulating embryo-derived stem cells before transplanting them may hold the key to optimizing stem cell technologies for repairing spinal cord injuries in humans. Research...
