Tag: Medical Research
Scientists Produce Neurons From Human Skin
ScienceDaily - Scientists from Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine have succeeded in producing neurons in vitro using stem cells extracted from adult human skin....
Top Spinal Cord Danger For Kids: Crashes
(WebMD) Motor vehicle accidents are the top cause of spinal cord injury in kids, a new study shows.
The researchers urge kids to wear...
Firm takes giant step
FOXBORO - Patients with acute spinal cord injuries could regain partial movement and sensation with the first step of what could be a giant...
Stem-cell legislation a turning point for Iowa
In the next few days, the Iowa General Assembly will have the opportunity of a generation: It can improve the quality of life for...
Cyberkinetics asks to sell device to heal spinal injury
FOXBORO, Mass. – Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems Inc. (OTCBB: CYKN) today announced it has applied to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for permission to...
Centocor Successor’s Goal: Stem-Cell Treatments
PHILADELPHIA _ Not in her wildest dreams did Anne Faulkner Schoemaker imagine she would one day run the small Malvern, Pa., company on the...
Stem cell agency awards millions
20 state universities, labs – including UC Irvine – share nearly $45 million.
BURLINGAME -- California's stem cell agency on Friday doled out nearly $45...
McKenzie man heads to China for stem cell treatment
McKENZIE - It may be a long shot, but Craig and Sheila Willis believe it's worth taking for the chance that he might one...
‘I think Allison will walk again’
Dr. John Kessler was working in his office when he received word his daughter, Allison, had been seriously hurt in a skiing accident.
Kessler is...
Paralyzed men can be fathers
CHICAGO -- In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he’d...
