Tag: Functional Electrical Stimulation
Scientists Produce Neurons From Human Skin
ScienceDaily - Scientists from Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine have succeeded in producing neurons in vitro using stem cells extracted from adult human skin....
Centocor Successor’s Goal: Stem-Cell Treatments
PHILADELPHIA _ Not in her wildest dreams did Anne Faulkner Schoemaker imagine she would one day run the small Malvern, Pa., company on the...
Stem cell agency awards millions
20 state universities, labs – including UC Irvine – share nearly $45 million.
BURLINGAME -- California's stem cell agency on Friday doled out nearly $45...
Skiing for all
WILLISTON -- It has been about a year since a spinal cord injury resulting from a snowboarding accident left Eric Rose in a wheelchair....
Paralyzed men can be fathers
CHICAGO -- In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he’d...
‘Smart’ prosthetics: restoring independence to people with disabilities
People with paralysis can stand and move without a wheelchair. They can operate computers to read email and play video games. Brown University neuroscientist...
Scientists prepare way for bionic man
Researchers aim within five years to restore natural arm and leg movements to people who are completely paralysed, using the power of neurotechnology, the...
Carpenter transforms stem cells, self
Melissa Carpenter of Novocell transforms stem cells and herself.
Life is transformed in the stem cell laboratories of Melissa Carpenter.
"These cells are the coolest cells...
70% of Spinal Cord Injuries in Children Result from Motor Vehicle Accidents; Most Not...
Newswise — Of the nearly 1,500 spinal cord injuries (SCIs) sustained by children age 18 and younger every year, approximately 70 percent are...
Study: Spinal cord can repair itself
BALTIMORE, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have disproved the long-held theory that the spinal cord is incapable of repairing itself.
The Johns...
