Yearly Archives: 2010
Lamkin to battle paralysis in Miami Project
Will Lamkin of Canton, a patient at St. Dominic's Outpatient Rehab Center since 2008, will participate in a three-month clinical trial beginning in March...
Murray’s Trike Links
If you are unable to ride a bicycle then a trike or quadracycle may be just the ticket. In many outdoor situations they can...
Manual Mobility
This website concentrates on mobility items and ideas that relate to me and my C2 spinal cord injury (injured Dec/04) although much of the...
Frazier Rehab gets grant for spinal-cord patients
The Frazier Rehab Institute in Louisville has received a $64,000 grant from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation to expand its fitness and wellness services...
StemCells wins approval to initiate Phase I/II spinal cord injury trial
StemCells, Inc. has received authorization from Swissmedic, the Swiss regulatory agency for therapeutic products, to initiate a Phase I/II clinical trial in Switzerland of...
Every wiggle a big step for paralyzed coach
Mike Outram, a high-spirited and popular gymnastics coach who was paralyzed from the neck down after a Nov. 28 trampoline accident, says he is...
Festival of Ability celebration
As 16-year-old Luke Watt expertly manoeuvres his wheelchair around his car, he lovingly polishes the bonnet with a cloth. Luke was born with no...
Paralyzed monkeys walk again after iPS stem cell transplant treatment
Paralyzed marmoset monkeys are walking again after a Japanese research team transplanted induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) into the animals' spines -- the...
Last Night on ‘Glee’: Can the ReWalk Cure Paralysis?
Last night's Christmas-rific Glee ended with what seemed like a holiday miracle. Artie, a character confined to a wheelchair, took a few halting steps...
Experiments Suggest Possible New Approach to Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury
Using Chitosan Channels to Guide Stem Cell Growth Could Be Promising Technique, Reports Neurosurgery
Newswise — Initial experiments suggest a possible new approach to stem...
