Tag: Hope
Patients Speak Out on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, June 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, patients gathered for a press conference on Capitol Hill to echo the Congressional calls on President Bush...
Lawmakers in U.S. House Propose to Expand Stem-Cell Funding
June 23 (Bloomberg) -- A Republican and a Democrat in the U.S. House introduced a measure that would lift President George W. Bush's limits...
Cambridge Opens Embryo Stem Cell Center
LONDON - Cambridge University said Monday it will open a center for human embryonic stem cell research to develop treatments for currently incurable diseases...
Other approaches likely to trump stem cells in Alzheimer’s research, experts say
NEW YORK ---- Despite the high profile that Nancy Reagan and others have given the idea of using embryonic stem cells to treat Alzheimer's...
Senate bill raises hopes of stem cell research proponents
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A state Senate bill drafted in response to former First Lady Nancy Reagan's plea for more stem cell research has raised...
Miracle-Man Pat Rummerfield to challenge Irwindale’s oval
IRWINDALE, Calif. -- Paralyzed from the neck down in a horrendous 135-mile per hour car accident, and all but given up for a life...
Spinal cord injury treatment raises hope
The initial trial of a controversial method for treating spinal cord injuries within two weeks of an accident suggests it may be partly successful....
Local man sees St. Louis doctor credited with ‘Superman miracle’
MINER - Terry Cole has no self pity. Although he is disabled and uses a wheelchair, he doesn’t allow these circumstances to slow him...
Shooting victim builds new life
Spinal cord injury didn't stop Kent Hehr
There it was in the middle of his face, itching. And it would take Kent Hehr some six...
Paralysis pioneer
A Chinese neurosurgeon's experimental operation using fetal cells is giving paraplegics hope but stirring medical and ethical concerns.
Strolling briskly through the dim halls of...
