Tag: Functional Electrical Stimulation
Company Develops a New Approach to Nerve Repair
A new company, Neurotex Ltd, has been established to develop novel silk-based materials that have the potential to provide a new generation of nerve...
Scientists plan China, HK, Taiwan stem cell trial
Scientists are preparing for a large clinical trial in 2008 which aims to use stem cells to help 400 patients with spinal cord injuries...
Grandparents Need to Be Aware of the Critical Need to Buckle-Up the Grandkids
70% of spinal cord injuries in children result from Motor vehicles, most without seatbelts
March 8, 2007 – When today's senior citizens were kids, there...
Tales From the Stem Cell Crypt
La Jolla, CA. February 2007 —Regenerative medicine is quickly moving forward. At the recent Stem Cells World Congress organized by Select Biosciences, LLC, in...
JHM Alliance Awards Foster Technology Development
The JHM Alliance for Science and Technology Development, a group of high-level business executives that assists School of Medicine faculty in commercializing their inventions,...
Fast and slow – How the spinal cord controls the speed of movement
Cornell research may have implications for treating human
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Using a state-of-the-art technique to map neurons in the spinal cord of a larval...
Firefighter is an inspiration
Milpitas Firefighter Sean Simonson didn't face flames or rescues in 2006, but as he fought a spinal cord injury that left him immobile after...
High-tech bike helps spinal-cord injury victims work up sweat
David Albright will not miss the Chicken McNuggets. Or the 400-mile round trip. He will not miss the motel bills or memorizing the graffiti...
Fundraising for charity at the Ironman
A small group of dedicated competitors are aiming to achieve more than just completing this weekend's Ironman at Taupo.
They will be completing a fundraising...
Cord blood promises life
A state Senate bill calls for a program to educate expecting parents on the benefits of donating umbilical cord blood to stem cell research.
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