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Stem Cell Agency Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trial Passes Safety Hurdles

Oakland, CA – A clinical trial using stem cells to treat people with recent spinal cord injuries has cleared two key safety hurdles, and...

Mason Ellis – Explaining Tenodesis

https://youtu.be/V5KJFmX2300 This is a video of Mason Ellis explaining Tenodesis (movement of the wrist to move fingers). Mason is a C5, C6, C7 Complete Quadriplegic...

Utah’s longest-living quadriplegic who never stops moving

SALT LAKE CITY — Becky Reeve was going to be the world’s greatest missionary and then the world’s greatest mother — until a car...

Meet Catfish Chris

http://dai.ly/x4n2wka Fourteen years ago, a car crash left Chris paralyzed from the chest down—but he didn’t let that keep him from fishing. The article for this...

Quadriplegic remembered as avid deer hunter, outdoorsman

David Pollie's favorite place in the world was in the woods, and being a quadriplegic since the age of 15 did not stop him...

Misfortune won’t get the better of quadriplegic filmmaker Paddy Slattery

In the 20 years since a car crash left him quadriplegic, filmmaker Paddy Slattery has found nothing but opportunity, inspiration and happiness Paddy Slattery remembers...

Experimental procedure aimed at repairing spinal cord shows promise

An experimental procedure aimed at repairing spinal cord injuries is showing promise. It uses stem cells in the damaged areas in hopes of restoring...

UPMC’s clinical trial showing promise with spinal cord injuries

Three years ago, Michael Fraser broke his neck in a diving accident near his Vandergrift home but remembers little about it. But in April, the...

Severed spinal cord no barrier for former rodeo rider

IN THE final minutes of 2003 at a New Year’s Eve rodeo at Townsville’s Black River, Steven Elliott bucked off a bronc called Spaghetti...

Artist, Painter and Paralyzed | Mariam Paré

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNprgTHiiIw Mariam Pare' is a member of the Mouth & Foot Painting Artists Association http://www.mfpa.uk/