Tag: Fundraising
Signatures for Spinal Cord Research
Global Petition in support of Spinal Cord Research
The launch of a global petition in support of spinal cord research took place yesterday. Signatures for...
Collaboration Between Burnham And HeadNorth
HeadNorth Foundation has pledged $975,000 to Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) to support cutting-edge stem cell research. The funding, part of HeadNorth's Chronic...
Crackdown urged on ‘rogue’ stem cell clinics
Treatment benefits exaggerated, risks underestimated, researchers warn
Stem cell clinics promising costly cures for everything from Parkinson's disease to spinal cord injury grossly exaggerate the...
Obama policy a lift for stem cell researchers
Stem cell research advocates have waited nearly eight years for the policy change President-elect Barack Obama has signaled he'll make in the early days...
Paralyzed athlete receives donation from a stranger
THIBODAUX – As one of his last acts during a century-long life of charity and accomplishment, retired Houma attorney Elton Darsey ensured a better...
Spinal Cord Repair Researcher Nets $150,000 Award
When they were 15, Tim O'Shea and his friend Ben Harvey were keen rugby players. But a week before his sixteenth birthday Ben was...
Spinal education has plenty of backbone
An education program promoting spinal injury prevention was on track to reach the major milestone of 80,000 students by the end of the year.
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PREMIER OPENS WORLD-LEADING SPINAL CORD INJURY CENTRE
VANCOUVER – The world’s largest, most advanced and most comprehensive facility devoted to spinal cord injury research and patient care was opened today by...
Paralysis research requires a barrel of monkeys
At the Miller Laboratory of Limb Motor Control, "monkey business" is a misnomer.
The lab, located at the Feinberg School of Medicine, is hoping to...
Obama may reverse many Bush actions
WASHINGTON -- Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be...
