Yearly Archives: 2010

Single gene regulates motor neurons in spinal cord

In a surprising and unexpected discovery, scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have found that a single type of gene acts as a...

SMU leads $5.6M research center for fiber optic interface to link robotic limbs, human...

Lightning-fast connections between robotic limbs and the human brain may be within reach for injured soldiers and other amputees with the establishment of a...

Young Wheelchair User Promotes Safe Driving Among Florida Teens

Katie Mathews, Jr. Miss Wheelchair Florida 2010, is on a mission to raise awareness among Florida’s teen drivers about the dangers of being distracted...

New Research Demonstrates Safety of Cord-blood-derived Stem Cell Treatments

Beike Biotechnology and Medistem, Inc. Report on 114 Patients Treated With Novel Cord Blood Stem Cell Protocol; New Approach Opens Door to Expanded Uses...

Animation of Stem Cells and a Spinal Cord Injury

This is a 3D animation of stem cells which heal a spinal cord injury.

The Miami Project To Cure Paralysis Development Video

The Miami Project is the world's most comprehensive spinal cord injury research center

Spinal cord patients enjoy swimming competition

Digam Limbu, 23, had sustained spinal cord injury in a road accident in Qatar on August 28 last year. The accident changed Limbu´s life,...

First tests for stem cell therapy are near

Even as supporters of human embryonic stem cell research are reeling from last week's sudden cutoff of federal funding, another portentous landmark is quietly...

London marks 2-year countdown to Paralympics

LONDON — London will mark the two-year countdown to the homecoming of the Paralympics on Sunday, celebrating the growing prominence of the event and...

Effect on stem cell ruling on companies unclear

(Reuters) - Government officials say they will appeal a U.S. District Court injunction that stops new federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research. The...