Yearly Archives: 2011
Stanford joins first embryonic-stem-cell therapy clinical trial
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford is now part of the first clinical trial of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells. The trial will enroll up...
Darrell Gwynn Foundation Raises $490,000 at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The Darrell Gwynn Foundation auctioned two cars and made a wheelchair donation at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction on Friday, January 21....
A positive outlook: Special therapy helps man with spinal injury reclaim productive life
Practically from the time he could walk, Darren Templeton of Kinnelon enjoyed playing sports: football, basketball, baseball, soccer. As a student in Kinnelon High...
Power Wheelchair Comparison – Episode 2
In episode 2 we get recommendations from the chair manufacturers.
World-first cell trial raises concerns
The $1 million price tag for a trial injecting nose cells into spinal-injury patients would be better spent helping people live with their disabilities,...
Research shows regenerative benefit of MultiStem after spinal cord injury
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Athersys, Inc. announced a joint scientific study on spinal cord injury will be published today in...
Man opens rehabilitation centre in Regina to help those with spinal cord injuries
Chris Lesanko is standing and extending his arm for a handshake as the interview begins.
The small gesture wouldn't normally be all that remarkable, but...
The Site That Breathes
"Life is not measured by the number breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." This quote has two meanings...
Wheelchair games coming to Downtown, Oakland
Tom Strang is proud of his guns.
Not just the long-barreled sort he fires in air gun competitions around the country. There are the others,...
Tips for Travelers With Disabilities
Determined as she was to explore the Honduras village of Copan, Deborah Sakach learned that her wheelchair was simply not going to work on...
