Tag: Medical Research
Implant hope for paraplegics to walk again
AUSTRALIA's bionic ear experts may hold the key to perfecting a technique that will allow paraplegics to walk again.
A Canadian researcher has been working...
3 with local ties inducted
Dr. James S. Krause, Harriet McBryde Johnson and Marc Buoniconti
Three of this year's 19 inductees into the Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame have...
Paralysis research requires a barrel of monkeys
At the Miller Laboratory of Limb Motor Control, "monkey business" is a misnomer.
The lab, located at the Feinberg School of Medicine, is hoping to...
SYGNIS Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the European Commission for AX200 in the treatment...
-Second indication for AX200 given Orphan Drug status
SYGNIS Pharma AG, today announced that it has received Orphan Drug designation from the European Commission for...
StemCells, Inc. Announces Four Presentations at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
PALO ALTO, Calif. — StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) announced today that results pertaining to the Company's research programs in retinal degeneration as well as spinal...
Light revival
Researchers are discovering how light can manipulate the nervous system
A FEW years ago researchers found a way to create a remotely controlled on-off switch...
Expert lectures on regenerative medicine
Molly Shoichet spends her days imagining a world where victims of spinal cord injuries can walk again. A world where faulty organs can be...
Stem-cell therapy in Moscow attracting patients from West
MOSCOW — Every three months, David Martin, a quadriplegic, returns to a small clinic here in the Russian capital for therapy he cannot legally...
Obama may reverse many Bush actions
WASHINGTON -- Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be...
Paralyzed former drag racer Gwynn still passionate about racing, fishing
Paralyzed champ stays busy running foundation, fishing tournaments
Weston - As a champion drag racer, Darrell Gwynn was unstoppable.
Despite a devastating accident during a 1990...
