Monthly Archives: June 2011
Axon Regrowth with UC San Diego Prof. Binhai Zheng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CNeV8kgFh8
UC San Diego Neurosciences Professor Binhai Zheng shares information about research on regeneration after spinal cord injury.
The Walking Chair by Martin Harris
http://youtu.be/JqEasWKcJYY
The prototype waking chair was designed by Martin Harris, a product design student at the university of Derby. It was designed with the aim...
Berkeley Bionics Partners With Ten U.S. Rehabilitation Centers
Investigational Studies and Introduction of New Wearable Robot for Wheelchair Users
BERKELEY, CA, June 7, 2011 — Berkeley Bionics – developer and maker...
Geron Presents Data from GRNOPC1 Trial at International Conferences on Spinal Cord Medicine and...
MENLO PARK, Calif.- Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN) today announced two presentations on the company’s ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of the human embryonic stem...
Piercing a Tongue, in the Name of Mobility
CHICAGO — Martin Mireles says his mother was not happy with his tongue piercing: It didn’t fit his image as a former church youth...
Israeli Research Gives Hope for Spinal Cord Injuries
What’s the most catastrophic illness that can befall us? To me it’s a spinal cord injury (SCI) that results in total paralysis.
During a recent...
Teenager told he’d never be able to move again set to walk West Highland...
THREE years ago, Connor Docherty was paralysed from the neck down after a horrendous rugby injury ... now he's going to walk the...
Spinal-Cord Injury Victim First to Undergo Embryonic Stem-Cell Therapy
Dr. Donald Leslie, medical director at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, has high hopes.
"We want to cure paralysis," he said. "We want to stop...
My mission to cure paralysis
"Charitable" isn't the first word which usually springs to mind when you think of a Goldman Sachs banker.
But Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster, who left the investment...
Disabled stuntman pulls off biggest wheelchair backflip yet on 50ft ‘giganta ramp’
A daredevil disabled stuntman who became the first man to complete a double backflip in a wheelchair has pulled off his most daring jump yet from a 50ft ‘giganta ramp’.
