Tag: Hope
Optimism triumphs over the bleakness
KIM RUSSELL, 46, has lived more than half her life with a spinal cord injury. She thinks the words "false" and "hope" don't belong...
A spine-tingling new frontier
One Sydney scientist likens it to the lunar mission; a potentially great but risky step forward. For some people with spinal cord injury -...
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...
Nose cells may heal spine
People paralysed by spinal cord injuries could soon be "repaired" using cells from their own noses, say Otago University researchers.
The Health Ministry's ethics committee...
Budding web designer an inspiration to others
WHILE Shane Agnew has faced his fair share of hurdles since sustaining a spinal cord injury that left him a ventilated quadriplegic, his sights...
Specialized therapy center is at the heart of foundation’s work
The Michael-Ryan Pattison Foundation, formerly A Cure is Coming, is the legacy of the inspirational effort of a healing community of friends who supported...
