Yearly Archives: 2020
Walter Lewis holds world record for longest living quadriplegic
GAUTIER, Miss. (WLOX) - Claiming a world record is never easy, but one man in Gautier has had a longer road to a record...
Cross-disciplinary team will design, develop devices to better treat spinal cord injuries
A team of Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers and neurosurgeons has received $13.48 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop implantable ultrasound...
Salamanders provide a model for spinal-cord regeneration
“Salamanders are unique because they are one of the only tetrapods able to regrow spinal cords with full functionality,” says Auke Ijspeert, the head...
A New Rule Means Some People With Wheelchairs Can’t Fly On American Airlines
John Morris calls himself an "aviation geek." He's a frequent flyer who, in his power wheelchair, has traveled to 46 countries. His goal is...
Passion, Purpose, Perspective: Travis Roy dealt with tragedy by devoting his life to helping...
Life didn’t play out the way it was supposed to for Travis Roy. That didn’t stop him from making his time count.
Roy, a standout...
Eric LeGrand Reflects on Decade Teaching Others to Believe
Ten years after he suffered a spinal cord injury during a football game at MetLife Stadium that left him paralyzed, Eric LeGrand continues to...
Research could change how blood pressure is managed in spinal cord injury patients
CORD principal investigators Dr. Christopher West and Dr. Brian Kwon and their research teams have published a study that challenges the current standard for...
Women ReAbled – Women’s Chapter of the Spinal Cord Injury Support Group (SCISG)
The Spinal Cord Injury Support Group (SCISG) Women’s Chapter vision is to provide a forum where members discuss female specific topics and share ideas...
John talks about his 50 years living with spinal cord injury
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Shane Clifton interviews John Moxon about living well with SCI
Scar-free healing after spinal cord injury relies on specialized cells
One of the reasons people rarely recover from spinal cord injury is the scar tissue that develops, preventing nerve cells from reconnecting. But a...
