Tag: Medical Research

9 Out Of 10 Patients Walk Again In Some Form With Device, Therapy

On average, it happens every hour of every day - someone suffers a spinal cord injury** that can leave them paralyzed for life. An...

New hope on spinal injury

SCIENTISTS are on the brink of a major potential breakthrough in the repair of spinal cord injuries. Action Medical Research, a national charity, has said...

News@Northwestern – Spinal Cord Injury/Stem Cell Research

Dr. Jack Kessler changed the direction of his lab's research to focus on spinal cord injuries.

A remarkable recovery from traumatic spinal cord injury

Atlanta — Duane Morrow was in a business meeting when his left foot fell asleep. He stood up and walked around. Then his right...

Nano scaffold rebuilds nerve damage

A Monash University PhD student has developed a new technique that could revolutionise stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury. David Nisbet...

Stem cell scaffolding repairs nerves

A Monash University PhD student has developed a new technique that could revolutionise stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury. David Nisbet...

Kevin Everett steps into the spotlight in new book ‘Standing Tall’

Drafted by the Buffalo Bills as a passcatching tight end, Kevin Everett’s career stats would seem disappointing: two catches for three yards. But Everett has...

House would shift burden of brain-injury research

INDIANAPOLIS -- The House passed a bill yesterday that will shift the cost of research for spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries to all...

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Awards Nearly $2 Million in Individual Research Grants

Foundation Continues Research Initiatives in Search of a Cure and Therapies for Paralysis SHORT HILLS, N.J., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve...

Sex Life Still Alive for Physically Challenged

GLENCOE, Minn., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Sexuality does not end when a person experiences the effects of a spinal cord injury. Issues of meeting...