Monthly Archives: June 2009
Stem cell and regenerative medicine research grabs $500,000 grant for ThermoGenesis
The National Institute of Health (NIH) granted $500,000 to ThermoGenesis Corp. for stem cell research. The company will study for two years and build...
Evaluating regional blood spinal cord barrier dysfunction following spinal cord injury using longitudinal dynamic...
In vivo preclinical imaging of spinal cord injury (SCI) in rodent models provides clinically relevant information in translational research. This paper uses multimodal magnetic...
Brain-computer interface begins new clinical trial for paralysis
BOSTON Scientists at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have initiated the BrainGate2 pilot clinical trial to expand restorative neurotechnology research for some patients with...
Your Mother Always Said You’d Break Your Neck If You Did This
According to a recent study commissioned by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, there are over 200,000 people living with spinal cord injuries caused...
Experimental Surgery For Paralyzed Kids
BACKGROUND: A new surgery is helping patients who have suffered a spinal cord injury or were born with spina bifida regain control of their...
The smile his parents could not live without
The heart-breaking story behind the Beachy Head tragedy
With his sunny nature and joyful little face Sam Puttick would have made a heartbreaking poster boy,...
New imaging technique: toward spinal cord regeneration?
The regeneration capacity of axons within the central nervous system, of which the spinal cord is part, has until now been much debated. Axons...
Chicago Based Reproductive Genetics Institute maintain world’s leading supply of Stem Cell Lines
(Chicago, IL) In an unimposing brick building located in the heart of Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, lives a repository of information that could lead...
Are disabled teachers getting a raw deal?
Riccardo Paffetti was left paralysed after a sledging accident but six months later he is teaching again. Other disabled teachers aren't so fortunate.
It is...
Suddenly disabled, D’Andrea invests his money in hope and ‘trust’
Stem cells, disabled access are paralyzed man’s focus
Dan D’Andrea is young enough and hopeful enough to believe that, yes, he might someday walk...
