Tag: Functional Electrical Stimulation
Former Marine, quadriplegic wants others to buckle up
MCRD/ERR PARRIS ISLAND, S.C.(July 9, 2004) -- Attaining the rank of sergeant in the Marine Corps is no easy task. It takes dedication and...
Stem cell research, high-end Linux solution
Princeton University implements a Linux on POWER system from IBM for critical stem cell research. How research applications can benefit from Linux.
If Biotechnology is...
Stem-cell research: “It’s where most of my hope lies”
It's been nearly two years since David Busta held a book in his hands, combed his hair, pedaled a bike or took a step...
Yale researchers receive $4.5 million grant to study spinal cord repair
Yale researchers Stephen G Waxman, MD and Jeffery D Kocsis have received a $4.5 million grant from the Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development...
Scientists make stem cell breakthrough
Cures for diabetes, Alzheimer's and spinal cord damage could be as little as five years away, after the landmark creation of more than one...
Cambridge Opens Embryo Stem Cell Center
LONDON - Cambridge University said Monday it will open a center for human embryonic stem cell research to develop treatments for currently incurable diseases...
Other approaches likely to trump stem cells in Alzheimer’s research, experts say
NEW YORK ---- Despite the high profile that Nancy Reagan and others have given the idea of using embryonic stem cells to treat Alzheimer's...
Local man sees St. Louis doctor credited with ‘Superman miracle’
MINER - Terry Cole has no self pity. Although he is disabled and uses a wheelchair, he doesn’t allow these circumstances to slow him...
New Nerve Cells
Every year, thousands of people end up paralyzed when their spinal cords are injured. Right now, these patients almost never fully recover. But, as...
Now Enrolling for Proneuron’s Phase II Study
The Mount Sinai Medical Center and Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation Are Now Enrolling for Proneuron’s Phase II Study of ProCord for Neurologically Complete Spinal...
