Yearly Archives: 2014
An Accident Inspires a New Approach to Spinal Cord Injuries in India
A cycling injury that rendered him a quadriplegic nine years ago also inspired Jonathan Sigworth to create an organization that helps people with spinal...
Murray’s Problem
Chapter One - Scientist and Son
Murray Blackmore stood at the lectern and tried to take in the dark conference room, the men and women...
Scientists crack stem cell reprogramming code
TORONTO – A Canadian-led international team of researchers has begun solving the mystery of just how a specialized cell taken from a person’s skin...
Imagine Me Project with people with spinal cord injury
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMCZQ2VLfzs&feature=youtu.be
The Imagine Me Project is a creative awareness raising project about spinal cord injury by assisting people with disability to explore their imagination we...
Recovering from L1, L2 Spinal cord injury
https://youtu.be/yPAI3YcNOTw
Hi, My name is Raffy. Located at Lamitan City Basilan in the Philippines.
I'm doing this work without any devices and psychotherapist asisting me. My...
Scientists break early barrier to treating spinal cord injuries
http://youtu.be/FK_7gEk6n2c
NIH-funded scientists developed a promising new drug that may lead to spinal cord injury treatments.
Video courtesy of the NINDS and Silver lab, Case Western...
Peptide Shows Great Promise for Treating Spinal Cord Injury
Case Western Reserve Scientists Design Intracellular Sigma Peptide (ISP) to Promote Functional Recovery Following Spinal Cord Injury
Case Western Reserve scientists have developed a new...
Quadrocopters for quadriplegics: New tech allows disabled to ‘pilot drone over Grand Canyon’
A British AI specialist, struck down with quadriplegia in his twenties, has modified a quadrocopter so that it can be flown with only eye...
German Scientists create lab-grown spinal cords
For the first time, researchers in Germany have been able to create spinal cords in a Petri dish. To be more precise, they didn’t...
Quadriplegic teacher aide a great role model
A MAN who became a quadriplegic after a motorbike accident is working as a teacher aide at Yarwun Primary School, and is one of...