Yearly Archives: 2009

Updates on MS, stroke, spinal cord injury and more

New research in the area of regenerative medicine is coming out regularly. Here are some recent examples: Researchers in Toronto and Saskatchewan are looking at...

Stem-Cell Breakthrough

It's a chilling thought. In the coming year, 130,000 people worldwide will suffer spinal-cord injuries—in a car crash, perhaps, or a fall. More than...

RHI Researchers Awarded $240,000 from Indiana Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Board

RHI RESEARCHERS AWARDED $240,000 FROM INDIANA SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN INJURY RESEARCH BOARD (Indianapolis, Ind.) – Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana announced today that two of...

Walk On Final

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-yLrpeS4wQ "Walk On SCI Recovery Project" is an initiative of SCI Australia to bring the world leading Project Walk Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Program to...

Spinal Cord Injury Research Focus of Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation Grant

Support from the Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation will allow a Medical College of Wisconsin faculty member to research whether neurally modified cells derived from...

Understanding The Aspects Of Stem Cell Therapy

Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have in them the attendance of two defining properties which makes them unique and a very interesting subject...

Blackwell’s resolve shines through

Former softball star never says never Tara Blackwell finished another workout Thursday at the Andrews Institute. All part of the process. The routine stays consistent, just...

Koben’s Journey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5vYEzG24vQ This is a video made for a cousin who suffered a spinal cord injury while fulfilling his dreams of being a professional bull rider....

Craig Hospital remains in top 10

Englewood’s Craig Hospital was ranked as one of the top 10 rehabilitation hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report, the hospital...

TD Canada Trust boosts spinal cord research

Wheel to Walk Canada got a big boost earlier this month, in the form of a $2,500 donation from TD Canada Trust. The funds...