Tag: Drugs and Medication

News@Northwestern – Spinal Cord Injury/Stem Cell Research

Dr. Jack Kessler changed the direction of his lab's research to focus on spinal cord injuries.

Progress after Adult Stem Cell Therapy Offers New Hope to Iowa Spinal Cord Injury...

Rich Welsh, a 28 year-old insurance agent from Klemme, Iowa who suffered a spinal cord injury after an automobile accident in 1999, is now...

A remarkable recovery from traumatic spinal cord injury

Atlanta — Duane Morrow was in a business meeting when his left foot fell asleep. He stood up and walked around. Then his right...

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...

After Spinal Cord Injury, Ohio State Program Gives Hope

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An innovative training device being used at The Ohio State University Medical Center may lead to improved mobility and quality of...

Medical Marvel

Doctors can't explain why Pat Rummerfield is able to run marathons and race cars. Even so, there are scores of quadriplegics who long to...

Scientists re-establish walking in mice with damaged spinal cord

A research by Michael Sofroniew, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)...

Everett thanks high school for support at football banquet

PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- Kevin Everett, the Buffalo tight end recovering from a severe spinal cord injury, spoke at a high school football...

Injured Spinal Cord: Rewire Nerves?

Rewiring healthy nerves may offer a new way to increase the odds of walking again after spinal cord injuries. A new study shows rewiring nerve...

Researchers ask: Is China the sleeping giant of biotech?

PARIS (AFP) — China's biotech sector accounts for just a sliver of its pharmaceutical industry and operates under the cloud of a massive review...