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Mice walk again after spinal cord injuries

SCIENTISTS have figured out how mice can regain some ability to walk after spinal cord injuries, and hope this insight can lead to a...

Scientists restore walking after spinal cord injury

Spinal cord damage blocks the routes that the brain uses to send messages to the nerve cells that control walking. Until now, doctors believed...

China Offers Unproven Medical Treatments

BEIJING (AP) — They're paralyzed from diving accidents and car crashes, disabled by Parkinson's, or blind. With few options available at home in America,...

Desperate Americans seek unproven cell treatments in China

BEIJING (AP) - They're paralyzed from diving accidents and car crashes, disabled by Parkinson's, or blind. With few options available at home in America,...

New Way To Sort Stem Cells Discovered

ScienceDaily (Dec. 29, 2007) — UC Irvine scientists have found a new way to sort stem cells that should be quicker, easier and more...

Disaboom CEO Donates Stock to Non-Profit Organizations

(MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Disaboom, Inc. (OTCBB: DSBO), the first online community for people living with or directly affected by disabilities or Functional...

Rehabilitation from spinal injury requires journey full of hard steps

Rehabilitation from spinal injury requires journey full of hard steps Shepherd Center uses latest rehabilitative medicine technology Duane Morrow was in a business meeting when his...

Synthetic Blood Announces Oxycyte Development Strategy

COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Synthetic Blood International, Inc. (OTCBB: SYBD - News) today announced its near-term development strategy for Oxycyteâ„¢. The Company finalized its Phase...

Wii Gets Physical With Rehab Therapy

BLOG—A medical Rehabilitation hospital in Columbus Ohio is using the Nintendo Wii as Physical Therapy to help patients recover from injuries like stroke, spinal...

After accident, Katie Mathews knows what life is about now

She just wants to be herself. "Normal," she says. But Katie Mathews, 17d, has had only fleeting glimpses of normal since the wreck in the...