Tag: Hope
Gering man walks again
After spinal cord injury, Mark Rexus was told by doctors that he wouldn’t
After suffering a spinal cord injury in a work-related accident, doctors told...
Promise of stem cells fulfilled
clinical trial in Atlanta, Georgia, is proof that informed public debate is the key to medical advance
IF I'm honest, my first reaction to recent...
Michigan Spinal Cord Injury Association to Build Ramp to Help Mother of 7 Trapped...
The Michigan Spinal Cord Injury Association (MSCIA) has chosen to utilize donation money from their first major event to assist a woman in Detroit,...
Spinal Cord Injury Victim and Role Model Brings Essential Treatment Options to the Bay...
SCI-FIT ((Spinal Cord Injury Functional Integrated Therapy) is open for business in its new location. SCI-FIT is Northern California’s only facility that provides comprehensive,...
Hand Cycle to India – Inspiration for Spinal Cord Injured
A Victoria Woman Living With a Spinal Cord Injury Is Going to Cycle India
Human trial to use stem cells to treat spinal cord injury
A patient paralysed through spinal cord injury has become the first person to receive human embryonic stem (ES) cell treatment in a clinical trial...
Everett talks about his recovery from paralysis
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three years ago, a hit on the football field left Kevin Everett paralyzed. He became one of the 300,000 Americans living...
Stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury tested on patient
NEW YORK — Geron Corp. has begun testing an embryonic stem-cell treatment on a patient with spinal cord injuries, marking the first time such...
Stem Cells Repair Damaged Spinal Cord Tissue
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown how stem cells, together with other cells, repair damaged tissue in the mouse spinal cord. The results are...
Second anniversary of Michigan embryonic stem cell research vote
On Oct 4-6, Michigan welcomes the World Stem Cell Summit. Honored at the conference are Governor Jennifer Granholm and Alfred Taubman. Dr. Joseph Kincaid...