Tag: Fundraising

More than $1.3 million for people with spinal injuries

The Queensland Government will provide more than $1.3 million to help people who have acquired spinal cord injuries to return from Rehabilitation to community...

Md. cannot afford to lag in stem cell research race

Congress will probably pass a bill to finance embryonic stem cell research with federal dollars, but President Bush will certainly veto it because of...

Why we should defend stem cell research

Stem cell research is among the most exciting but also most controversial areas of science today. It was in the news again last week...

Official faults Bush stem cell funding limits

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. National Institutes of Health official said on Friday President George W. Bush's limits on federal funding for human...

Synapse expands business in Oberlin

Biomedical firm lands $4M in extra funding OBERLIN — Synapse Biomedical, developer of an implantable device that allows paralyzed individuals to breathe on their...

Voters could decide future of stem-cell plan

ALBANY — As stem cell funding continues to face political hurdles at the federal level, New York's governor and lieutenant governor want to sell...

House OKs Stem Cell Research Bill

(WASHINGTON) — The Democratic-controlled House Thursday passed a bill bolstering embryonic stem cell research that advocates say shows promise for numerous medical cures. But the...

Sport Dimensions supports Spinal Research

International charity Spinal Research has become the chosen charity for the Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation and Performance Centre, Sport Dimensions. Spinal Research, a charity dedicated to funding...

Stem cell option found in fetal fluid

NEW RESEARCH UNVEILED AS EMBRYONIC FUNDING DEBATED A type of cell that floats freely in the amniotic fluid of pregnant women has been found to...

Risk vs. hope: Heading overseas for stem cells

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - David Aldrich, 49, was paralyzed in a boating accident more than four years ago, and had made his wishes known....