Tag: Clinical Trial

Paralysis victim ‘returned to life’

As he'd done so many times before, Jonah Shea tackled the chilly waters of Cape Cod Bay by running and diving in head first. The...

Stem-cell therapy: Cure or hoax in China?

'Some get miracles'; others are skeptical The website for Beike Biotechnology bursts with stories that can only be categorized as medical miracles: a Paraplegic can...

Stem Cell Scientist Sets Record Straight on Spinal Cord Injury Trials

There's been lots of confusion and some mischaracterizations about when the first embryonic stem cell clinical trial might take place and what it might...

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...

Paralyzed athletes pin hopes on UCI researcher

An Irvine professor studies stem cells to look for a treatment for spinal cord injuries. The motorcycle roars to life. From his wheelchair David Bailey watches...

Clinical Trial Suggests Bone Marrow Stem Cells Are Useful For Spinal Cord Injury

PrimeCellâ„¢ Therapeutics LLC recently announced that it provided research support and pre-clinical studies for a clinical trial to assess the safety, feasibility and efficacy...

Clinical Trial Suggests Bone Marrow Stem Cells Are Useful for Spinal Cord Injury

PrimeCell(TM) Therapeutics LLC today announced that it provided research support and pre-clinical studies for a clinical trial to assess the safety, feasibility and efficacy...

Viability Of Cord Blood In Treating Malignant Diseases

Having the capability of creating life-forming cells, cord blood has emerged as one of the most extraordinary discoveries in the past 2 decades. The...

Trials on spine injuries

VICTORIANS with severe spinal cord injuries may become part of an international clinical trials to confirm embryonic stem cells can help them walk again. Leading...

One of First Patients to Be Implanted with Cyberkinetics’ Andara(TM) OFS(TM) System for Spinal...

Patient treated with Andara(TM) OFS(TM) Therapy for acute spinal cord injury will discuss his progress and the need to support promising new therapies for...