Friday, April 19, 2024

Tag: Advocacy

Obama may reverse many Bush actions

WASHINGTON -- Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be...

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Launches First-Ever National Advertising Campaign

The Reeve Foundation debuts new national ad campaign giving consumers a look into the world of paralysis SHORT HILLS, N.J., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The...

U.S. Sen. Harkin- Statement Regarding the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D- IA) delivered the following remarks yesterday on the floor of the Senate urging the adoption of...

Reeve Foundation Recruits Distinguished Stem-Cell Neurobiologist

The Salk Institute's Samuel L. Pfaff, Ph.D. - to its International Research Consort Pfaff Brings Expertise in Motor Neuron Development to the Foundation's Efforts on...

Good News & Bad News-Reeve Paralysis Act

Dear fellow advocates- Here at U2FP, we have good news and bad news. The bad news first-Yet again, the CDRPA did not pass into law....

3 movies delve into living with paralysis

PORTAGE | The Northwest Indiana Spinal Cord Injury Group is hoping to educate people about life in a wheelchair by sponsoring a series of...

First stem cell trials might start in O.C.

An Irvine company could be the first to win federal approval for clinical trials. A tiny start-up company in Irvine has a shot at becoming...

Unstoppable

Justin Cochran may be disabled from the neck down, but that has not stopped him from skydiving, parasailing, hiking or organizing a golf tournament. The...

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Awards Nearly $2 Million in Individual Research Grants

Foundation Continues Research Initiatives in Search of a Cure and Therapies for Paralysis SHORT HILLS, N.J., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve...

Christopher Reeve Foundation Spinal Cord Injury Research Network Receives DoD Grant

Newswise — A multi-million dollar grant from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) will allow six hospital centers, including the Methodist Neurological Institute...