Tag: Fundraising

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Launches First-Ever National Advertising Campaign

The Reeve Foundation debuts new national ad campaign giving consumers a look into the world of paralysis SHORT HILLS, N.J., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The...

Races help local spinal cord research

More than 200 people heard about work with adult stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease and innovative Physical Therapy to restore function and feeling...

Protein shown to play a key role in normal development of nervous system

Findings may someday inform treatments for spinal cord, other nerve injuries A protein that enables nerve cells to communicate with each other plays a key...

What’s New in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation – Spinal Cord Injury

Harish Hosalkar, MD, MBMS(Orth), FCPS(Orth), DNB(Orth)1, Jason Hsu, MD1, Nirav K. Pandya, MD1 and Mary Ann Keenan, MD1 The use of systemic Hypothermia for spinal...

U.S. Sen. Harkin- Statement Regarding the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D- IA) delivered the following remarks yesterday on the floor of the Senate urging the adoption of...

Improving schools’ support for children with spinal cord injury

This research study was carried out by the Thomas Coram Research Unit, the Institute of Education at the University of London between January and...

Breakthrough Could Help Heal Spinal Cord Injuries Without Pain

AURORA, Colo., Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine say manipulating embryo-derived stem cell precursors prior...

You’ve got to hand it to them

Paraplegics cross country on special cycles to raise funds for medical research THE OLDEST MEMBER of this small group of paraplegics is 65 but...

Spine injury breakthrough

Scientists funded by Masterton's CatWalk Trust have developed a breakthrough gel that has the potential to improve healing in spinal cord damage repair. "This is...

Reeve Foundation Recruits Distinguished Stem-Cell Neurobiologist

The Salk Institute's Samuel L. Pfaff, Ph.D. - to its International Research Consort Pfaff Brings Expertise in Motor Neuron Development to the Foundation's Efforts on...