Tag: Fundraising
New Research On Spinal Cord Injury Funded By Speeding Fines
More than a dozen Rochester scientists seeking ways to reverse or lessen the effects of paralysis and other effects of spinal cord injury will...
‘Ethical’ stem cell lines created
Human embryonic stem cell lines have been generated without embryos being destroyed, according to researchers.
A US team created the lines by removing single cells...
CU enters stem cell big league
AURORA - The University of Colorado has scored a $6 million gift from Denver's Gates family and gained a top Texas researcher, two major...
$5 million in new state stem cell research funding
Gov. Blagojevich announces recipients of $5 million in new state stem cell research funding
Funds awarded to seven state university stem cell research projects
CHICAGO –...
Anti-Ban Billionaires
Billionaire cash has kept embryonic stem-cell research alive--just barely.
Anti-abortion crusaders see research on embryonic stem cells as something akin to murder. Eli Broad sees...
Disabled People ‘Left Behind’ in Emergency Planning
During Hurricane Katrina, Benilda Caixeta, a New Orleans resident with Quadriplegia, tried for two days to seek refuge at the Superdome. Despite repeated phone...
Skin Deep: Imaging Technologies May Detect Pressure Ulcers
Skin Deep: Imaging Technologies May Detect Pressure Ulcers And Deep-tissue Injuries That Healthcare Workers May Miss
For people with impaired mobility and reduced ability to...
Slippery-slope concerns are valid
JUST when you think the debate over embryonic stem cells can't get any more degraded, an outfit called the Campaign to Defend the Constitution...
Little by little, stem-cell supporters gaining ground
When Bernie Siegel started pushing for stem-cell research three years ago, the tide was moving decidedly in the other direction.
Laws were being proposed to...
The University of Michigan Model SCI System
The University of Michigan Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System has been in existence since 1985. It is part of one of the most...
