Tag: Hope
Girl’s family pursues treatments
DETROIT - Laura Jackson doesn't want to wait for a cure.
Paralyzed in May 2003 while performing a backward flip in a cheerleading stunt, Laura,...
Hwang Woo-suk No Great Loss
The hopes of many quadriplegics (like me) and otherwise injured individuals have been dashed since Korean stem-cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk, who claimed to be...
Malian Foundation
Provides free products and services focusing on fundraising, management and software issues faced by charity organizations worldwide.
The Malian Foundation is a not-for-profit organization...
Nose stem cells to help spinal patients
LONDON, England -- British surgeons hope a new procedure using stem cells from the lining of the nose will help mend severed nerves of...
Support ‘The Ringer’ on Opening Weekend, Dec. 23-25
NDSS Invites the DS Community to Support “The Ringer” on Opening
The National Down Syndrome Society is proud to join the Special Olympics in...
American Association of People with Disabilities
AAPD is a non-profit cross-disability organization whose goals are: unity, leadership, and impact, which are the hopes and convictions of people with disabilities and...
U of L researcher reverses spinal cord damage in rats
Ms. Wheelchair Kentucky Michelle Bazeley believes that she will see a cure for spinal cord injuries in her lifetime.
According to the American Academy of...
Stem cell hope for spinal injuries
(CNN) -- Scientists in the U.S. have successfully used neural stem cells to regenerate damaged spinal cord tissue in mice, raising hopes that the...
RUSSIAN STEM-CELL THERAPY
We are a part of a global community in which the devastation of spinal cord injury (SCI) bows to no flag, and solutions will...
RECOVERING FROM MOUNTAIN BIKE ACCIDENT
Last fall we brought you the story of Neil Maberry. Maberry suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury after a mountain bike accident this past...
