Tag: Medical Research
The roots of the Stem Cell Controversy
The argument surrounding the research is multi-faceted. Here's a look at the science, politics and campus reaction behind the debate.
Although the ethical debate concerning...
Current Understanding
To understand how treatment for spinal cord injury can be improved, it is important to understand the normal spinal cord and its functions, how...
Stops Pulled on Nerve Regeneration
By Gabe Romain, Betterhumans Staff
"Stepping on the gas" could lead to better spinal cord treatments
A two-pronged strategy of enhancing growth and halting growth inhibitors...
Secondary damage
Damage to the spinal cord does not stop with the initial injury, but continues in the hours following trauma. Paradoxically, this delayed, secondary damage...
American Soldiers Reunite with Iraqi Child
Andrews Air Force Base Saturday evening, February 28, 2004
Washington, DC – Two American soldiers who recently returned to the United States after completing their...
Spinal Injury Psychological And Social Problems
Spinal Cord Injury Can Result In Significant Psychological And Social Problems
Research from the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, has confirmed...
Antibiotic could help with spinal cord injury paralysis
Researchers have found that a commonly prescribed antibiotic could be used to help prevent paralysis and other long-term Functional deficits associated with a partial...
Stem Cell Bank Program Passed by Congress
Legislation to Create a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Program Passed by Congress
Clinical Data Provided by ThermoGenesis Scientific Advisory Board Members Persuasive to...
Stem-cell research still an embryonic business
Whoever learns to control embryonic stem cells that can morph into healthy human cells could be standing on a gold mine: Four million Americans...
With some help from her friends
Whoever learns to control embryonic stem cells that can morph into healthy human cells could be standing on a gold mine: Four million Americans...
