Tag: Medical Research
Stem Cell Therapy Answer to Uncurable Diseases
Patients paralyzed by injuries to their spinal cords have the hope of walking again thanks to stem cell therapy, which is expected to become...
Lucky dogs help spinal cord injury research
Injured animals received a polymer that lets nerve cells repair selves in Purdue/Texas study.
Madeline and Fred Pernell will never know exactly what happened with...
Preventing Permanent Spinal Cord Injury
Injections of a man-made liquid may some day help treat spinal cord injuries and prevent permanent paralysis, according to an animal study.
One day, ambulances...
Replicating an Eel’s Nerve Circuitry May Aid Paralyzed People
Source: Johns Hopkins University
In a collaboration blending biology and robotics, researchers are unraveling the circuitry in an eel’s spinal cord to help develop a...
A Stem Cell Christmas Miracle?
A report earlier this week that South Korean researchers have used stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood to help a woman with a...
Paralyzed woman walks again after stem cell therapy
=SEOUL : A South Korean woman paralyzed for 20 years is walking again after scientists say they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells...
Stem cell basics, minus opinions
There are few controversies that polarize individuals as does the one surrounding stem cell research. I will attempt to take a very difficult subject...
Wireless reconnects spinal patients
By Jon Fortt - KNIGHT RIDDER
Stephen Suer has a passion for books, scuba diving and road bikes: He's not your typical banker.
But his life...
California’s New Stem-Cell Initiative Is Already Raising Concerns
By JOHN M. BRODER - New York Times
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 - As California moves to begin a lushly financed program of embryonic stem...
Stem cell from umbilical cord blood used to treat paralysis
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
SEOUL -- South Korean researchers say they've used stem cell therapy to enable a paralyzed patient to walk after she was...
