Tag: Medical Research
Race to Human Stem-Cell Trials
SAN DIEGO -- Several scientists have used embryonic or fetal stem cells to help rodents with spinal cord injuries walk again. The researchers travel...
Purdue licenses paralysis treatment to Indiana-based Andara Life Science
Purdue Research Foundation has signed a license agreement with Andara Life Science Inc. The agreement grants the company exclusive commercial rights to a platform...
Dr. Vidya Jayawardena gets Earnest Bors Award
Vidya Jayawardena, MD, SGU '93, received the Ernest Bors Award for Scientific Development for her work on Bacteriuria in Neurogenic Bladder and its significance...
Volunteers help improve the quality of life of people with spinal cord injuries
In celebration of National Volunteer Week, April 17-23, Canada’s Man In Motion, Rick Hansen, extends his gratitude to the volunteers of Belleville who make...
American Football most likely to cause neck injury
According to new research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, (American) football beats hockey and soccer for the dubious distinction of the...
New Shriners hospital to be built in St. Louis
The Board of Trustees of Shriners Hospitals for Children recently announced that it has approved the construction of a new hospital to replace the...
Company gets rights to paralysis treatment
By Max Showalter, Journal and Courier
A life sciences company formed just four months ago in the Purdue Research Park has been given the green...
UCI Skips HQ for Stem Cell Work
By Rick Reiff - Orange County Business Journal Staff
Ten areas are bidding to become the headquarters for the California Institute of Regenera-tive Medicine, the...
Woll lobbying for Reeve Paralysis Act
About seven years ago, Barry Woll was driving down I-485 on a warm, sunny afternoon, headed to the golf course to meet a client.He...
Embracing challenges
Snowmass Village - Mario Uribe didn't believe.
With his right leg and left arm missing since his exposure to radiation while in the armed services...
