Tag: Functional Electrical Stimulation
Expert lectures on regenerative medicine
Molly Shoichet spends her days imagining a world where victims of spinal cord injuries can walk again. A world where faulty organs can be...
Nerves damaged by brain and spinal cord injuries regenerated in mice
Washington, November 7 (ANI): Nerves damaged by brain or spinal cord injury may be regenerated by silencing natural growth inhibitors, according to a...
Queen’s neuroscientist wins national award for spinal research
Kingston - Queen's University professor of Physiology Ken Rose has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Barbara Turnbull Award for research...
Hundreds of experts gather in Toronto to share cutting-edge advances in spinal cord rehabilitation
TORONTO, Nov. 6 /CNW/ - Is it possible to control devices through thought alone? One researcher is determined to find the answer. César Marquez...
Researchers develop therapy to treat paralysis
"The majority of the research programs at the Cleveland FES Center focus on spinal cord injury (SCI) and stroke," Mary Buckett, Cleveland FES researcher,...
Leo Maxam, The Green Room: Disabled surfer will ride in Cold Water Classic today
Inside the competitors' tent at the O'Neill Cold Water Classic you'll find a long rack of brightly colored and stickered-up surfboards, all stashed by...
Mind Power and Artificial Connection Used to Move Paralyzed Limbs
Scientists recently succeeded in stimulating paralyzed muscles through an artificial connection. In time the breakthrough by scientists at the University of Washington (UW) could...
Nerve repair, biodetectors, proton therapy, microscopic medical devices
Biomedical research highlights of AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition in Boston, Oct. 19-24
1) CELL "PRINTING" PAVES WAY TO ARTIFICIAL ORGANS
Despite the success of...
Warnings about stem cell therapy tourism
MARK COLVIN: Australian scientists are worried about what they describe as a growing industry of stem cell tourism.
More and more people suffering spinal cord...
Races help local spinal cord research
More than 200 people heard about work with adult stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease and innovative Physical Therapy to restore function and feeling...
