Tag: Paralysis
Paralysis no limit to determination
Helping out...
Ricky Wright, the former Edison Tech football player who was paralyzed during a scrimmage in August 1994, is attempting to raise money to...
Christopher Reeve Foundation recognizes spinal cord injury research in Israel
Dr. Mike Fainzilber found his inspiration to pursue a cure for paralysis early in life.
The Israeli was deeply affected by the 1976 Israeli commando...
New Strides In Understanding How Walking Is Coordinated
CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have devised a genetic technique to distinguish the neurons in the spinal cord that control...
He’s still Close to perfect
For years Chuck Close has reduced faces into paintings and prints of shorthand data: Noses become dots and dashes, eyes dissolve into a mosaic...
Uncharted waters
Tim Swieckowski is a quadriplegic, but a specially designed boat allows him to be one of the few who sail on their own.
SAND KEY...
Bryon Riesch Connects Ability to Career Path
Milwaukee Man Named Goodwill's Graduate of the Year
ROCKVILLE, MD -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/05/2004 -- Each year, Goodwill Industries International honors an outstanding person...
Mayo Clinic researchers have created a method
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have created a method for measuring the growth of new spinal cord nerve fibers in rats, an advance...
Stem Cell Spinal Nerves Break Through
Exiting of spinal cord a step to their use for treating paralysis
Stem cell-derived nerves have been prompted to migrate through the spinal cord in...
Stingley, Tatum might reunite
SAN FRANCISCO -- Since their violent collision 26 years ago in Oakland, Darryl Stingley and Jack Tatum haven't seen or spoken to each other....
International Cooperation to Accelerate Move to Clinical Trials
What are the characteristics of a well-controlled clinical trial for spinal cord injury repair? What type of evidence from animal experiments should be required...
