Tag: Hope
Stem cell ‘cure’ boy gets tumour
A boy treated with foetal stem cells for a rare genetic disease has developed benign tumours, raising questions about the therapy's safety.
The boy, now...
Microscopic fibers string spinal cord back together
With plans just approved for the first trial to treat spinal cord injuries in humans with embryonic stem cells, a team of Northwestern scientists...
Worcester Warriors’ Latham tells of horror spinal injury
WORCESTER’S Wizard of Oz Chris Latham has spoken for the first time about the spinal injury that caused him to lose feeling in his...
FDA Clears Way For Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy
New York, NY (NBC) -- The Food and Drug Administration has cleared the way for the first-ever human trial of a medical treatment, derived...
Whatever happened to: Travis Roy
Eleven seconds was all it took to change Travis Roy’s life.
As a freshman at Boston University in 1995, Roy lived his dream of playing...
Putting a face on the stem cell argument
SOMETIME SOON, perhaps even this week, President Barack Obama is expected to lift federal regulations on the use of embryonic stem cells in medical...
Paralyzed Plano man survived 54 years, inspired others
The doctors didn't expect Don Harrington to survive the 1954 car accident that left him a quadriplegic.
Then the medical wisdom of the day...
Paraplegic raising funds
Fenelon Falls resident praises support of association
More than six years ago, a single moment changed Matt Hughes' life forever.
In August 2002, Hughes was involved...
NeuroMetrix of Waltham ponies up $350K for Cyberkinetics IP
Medical device company NeuroMetrix Inc. has paid $350,000 to buy intellectual property and technology from Foxborough- based neurostimulation device maker Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems Inc....
American attitudes to stem-cell therapies are changing fast
Can I serve you now?
FOR the past eight years, America’s government has declined to fund new research into one of the world’s most promising...
