Tag: Medical Technology
Stem Cell Technology Gives Hope in Spinal Cord Injuries
Recent research using stem-cell technology in rats with spinal-cord injuries has allowed them to walk again within two weeks. The results of the study...
Spinal Cord Injury Repaired By New Type of Stem Cells
New Type of Cells Repair Injuries
Researchers have found that transplanting a certain type of immature support cell from the Central Nervous System could regenerate...
Stem-Cell Tech Improves Spinal-Cord Injury
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- A new stem-cell technology has allowed rats with spinal-cord injuries to walk again within two weeks, an advance...
Paralysis Cure Worth Waiting For
Every time I turn around I seem to read about some paralyzed person who's traveled to a far-flung country for a miracle treatment not...
Focus On Spinal Cord Injury And Prosthetics
The current issue of the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (JRRD Vol. 42) includes eight articles on spinal cord injury--addressing topics such as...
Virtual reality helps spinal cord patients gain confidence
Spinal injury patient Bob Jones may be paralyzed and in a wheelchair, but he won't sit still for long. He uses virtual reality technology...
Science soon might catch up to athlete’s desire
The experimental surgery that gives hope to Tara Blackwell and others with spinal cord injuries is being developed in clinical trials under the direction...
Hypothermia treatment helps officer walk again
Doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital successfully used a new procedure to help Miami Police Officer Manny Gomez walk again after he suffered a spinal...
Improving Recovery from Spinal Cord Injuries: New $3.7 Million Grant Will Create Comprehensive Rehabilitation...
Georgetown To House One of Only Six Similar NIH-Funded Programs in the Country
March 6, 2006, Washington, DC — Each year, nearly 11,000 Americans suffer...
Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
The Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center is one of ten Regional ADA & I T Centers on the Americans with Disabilities Act...
