Yearly Archives: 2011
U.S. Health Care System Doesn’t Meet Needs of Patients With Spinal Cord Injury, Studies...
New research highlights disparities in access for patients and lack of awareness about spinal cord injury by health care providers
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 23,...
Restoring Function After Spinal Cord Injury With Nerve Transplant: The New Frontier
As of yet, scientists and researchers have not been able to completely reverse the damage caused by spinal cord injury, but a core group...
First Factory-Built “Mobility Vehicle” Rolls off the Production Line
The Vehicle Production Group presents first MV-1 to Marc Buoniconti, President of The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis
MISHAWAKA, Ind., Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire via...
Genes repair nerves after injury
SAN DIEGO — Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have identified more than 70 genes that play a role in regenerating nerves...
Prof helps spinal injury with stem cell treatment
A procedure to help eliminate the need for major surgery for patients with spinal cord injuries is being developed by a research group that...
Peyton Manning’s receiving stem cell therapy thrusts medical procedures back into sports spotlight
Peyton Manning's trip to Europe to receive stem cell therapy on his ailing neck is the latest attempt by an elite athlete seeking to...
The Medical Minute: Spinal Cord Injury — A Focus on Restoring Function
Imagine that you are driving home from work today when you are involved in a head on collision with an SUV. Life Lion flies...
New Class of Stem Cell-Like Cells Discovered in Spinal Cord Offers Possibilities for Spinal...
Collaborative study using Allen Spinal Cord Atlas finds previously overlooked cell type with implications for treating spinal cord injury and disease
SEATTLE, Sept. 15, 2011...
With device’s aid, the paralyzed take steps anew
Rehabilitation facilities test robotic exoskeleton
David Leone left behind his familiar wheelchair, shifting himself onto a chair where a robotic external skeleton fitted to his...
Scuba Diving Improves Function of Body, Mind in Vets with Spinal Cord Injury
--Johns Hopkins researchers find ‘dramatic’ results in small preliminary study
Newswise — A small group of veterans with spinal cord injuries who underwent a four-day...
