Tag: Functional Electrical Stimulation
A walking miracle: Swampscott’s Tom Smith overcame an injury that nearly put him in...
No one was sure if Tom Smith was going to be able to chase down the skater that had slipped away from the pack...
Stem Cell Transplants Give Ray of Hope To Spinal Cord Injury Patients
The spinal cord injury patient cases do not only highlight the life-saving benefits of stem cell treatment, they also provide a boost to the...
Researchers regenerate axons necessary for voluntary movement
For the first time, researchers have clearly shown regeneration of a critical type of nerve fiber that travels between the brain and the spinal...
Team Regrows Neurons Controlling Movement in Rats
Goal is to one day develop a therapy to help with spinal cord injuries
MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Using genetically engineered cells and...
By Shutting Down Inflammation, Agent Reverses Damage From Spinal Cord Injury In Preclinical Studies
ScienceDaily (Apr. 1, 2009) — Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have been able to speed recovery and substantially reduce damage resulting from...
UNH students have Paralympic aspirations
For Taylor Chace, it was an accident in a hockey game when he was 16; an accident that left him with a shattered lower...
Campaigning for Stem Cells
Brooke Ellison speaks about the controversial issue of stem cell research.
At 11 years old, Brooke Ellison was just like any other kid. She danced,...
U.S. behind on embryonic stem cell research
When I taught at Rutgers University, my department chair was Wise Young, a pioneer in spinal chord rehabilitation. The Keck Center, where the research...
The Whole World Is Watching
Hope—and anxiety—run high as the first clinical trial of embryonic-stem-cell therapy begins this summer.
Six weeks before the hoopla over President Barack Obama's executive order...
Pinay scientist raises hope for the disabled
Yadong Wang, assistant professor at the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering of Georgia Tech and Emory University, and graduate student Christiane Gumera have developed...
