Tag: Medical Research

Superman passes cape; boots still hard to fill

Never mind flying or lifting cars. The toughest challenge for the new hero of Superman Returns was filling Christopher Reeve's tall red boots. Newcomer Brandon...

Diving accidents can cause lifelong injuries

Diving accidents can cause lifelong injuries Members of our organization know all too well the dangers of diving into backyard pools or shallow water. Diving...

Stem-cell center gets $10 million

Famed Newport Beach bond trader Bill Gross is donating $10 million to UC Irvine to support human embryonic stem-cell research at a campus that's...

Basile Reaches Further Ahead

It will be two years ago this August that Josh Basile’s life took an irreversible turn on the shores of Bethany Beach, Del....

His road to stem cell treatment led to Portugal

After hanging out with relatives in southeastern Pennsylvania until the wee hours on Feb. 18, 2001, Steve Yaros headed home, south on Limestone Road...

A cure ‘will come’ for paralysing spinal injuries

An American spinal injury expert has been updating Bermuda medics on the latest developments in the care and Rehabilitation of patients who have suffered...

Raised cash for injured veterans

A spinal-cord injury from the Korean War left Donald Taylor with only limited use of his legs and arms. But that did not stop...

Life with a spinal cord injury

Hamden resident Jon Sigworth, 19, who sustained a spinal cord injury during a recent visit to India, has rapidly become a legend in his...

Different Stem Cell Treatments Both Produce Results for Two Similar Patients in China

'A Tale of Two Similar Spinal Cord Injury Patients' SHENZHEN, China, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Shenzhen Beike Biotechnology Co., Ltd. announced the successful treatment of...

USC seeks volunteers for spinal cord injury rehabilitation study

(Columbia) June 26, 2006 - The University of South Carolinas Arnold School of Public Health is seeking volunteers for a study examining the effects...