Tag: Functional Electrical Stimulation
Harvesting Stem Cells from Fat Tissue
Dr. Keith March and his team of researchers at the IU School of Medicine are finding a possible lifesaver, from a most surprising source:...
Stem Cell Therapy Answer to Uncurable Diseases
Patients paralyzed by injuries to their spinal cords have the hope of walking again thanks to stem cell therapy, which is expected to become...
Replicating an Eel’s Nerve Circuitry May Aid Paralyzed People
Source: Johns Hopkins University
In a collaboration blending biology and robotics, researchers are unraveling the circuitry in an eel’s spinal cord to help develop a...
Paralyzed woman walks again after stem cell therapy
=SEOUL : A South Korean woman paralyzed for 20 years is walking again after scientists say they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells...
Stem cell from umbilical cord blood used to treat paralysis
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
SEOUL -- South Korean researchers say they've used stem cell therapy to enable a paralyzed patient to walk after she was...
Stem cell therapy helps patient walk again, South Korea
A team of Korean researchers claimed Thursday they had performed a miracle by enabling a patient, who could not even stand up for the...
Korean Scientists Succeed in Stem Cell Therapy
By Kim Tae-gyu - Staff Reporter
A team of Korean researchers claimed Thursday they had performed a miracle by enabling a patient, who could not...
Determined survivor conquers ski injury
GRAND RAPIDS -- Vicky Schmidt is getting used to battling back.
The latest setback for the 40-year-old Grand Rapids Paraplegic was a ski accident last...
Stem-Cell Industry, Research Evolving
With Limits on Federal Funding for Stem Cells, Researchers Look for Private and Business Backing
By ERIC NOE
Much has been made of President Bush's 2001...
A bike for the paralysed
By Jane Elliott - BBC News Health Reporter
People paralysed by spinal cord injuries could soon be able to go out cycling.
Scientists say the tricycle,...
