Tag: Spinal Cord Injury Education
UNH students have Paralympic aspirations
For Taylor Chace, it was an accident in a hockey game when he was 16; an accident that left him with a shattered lower...
Campaigning for Stem Cells
Brooke Ellison speaks about the controversial issue of stem cell research.
At 11 years old, Brooke Ellison was just like any other kid. She danced,...
‘He’s every kid’s hero’
WALLED LAKE – From great adversity, heroes can emerge. They then can inspire and lead others to become more than they ever imagined. Walled...
U.S. behind on embryonic stem cell research
When I taught at Rutgers University, my department chair was Wise Young, a pioneer in spinal chord rehabilitation. The Keck Center, where the research...
Understanding disabilities brings Travis Roy to Reading middle schools
On Wednesday, March 18, the Understanding Disabilities program will present Travis Roy as a speaker for the Coolidge and Parker Middle Schools. Roy is...
Hope, Science and Tomorrow: Stem Cell Research in 2009
In January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the world's first human trials of a therapy derived from human embryonic stem cells. The...
Tackling spinal cord injuries
Dr. Ragnarsson is a physiatrist (specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation) and professor and chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Mount Sinai....
Stem cell ‘cure’ boy gets tumour
A boy treated with foetal stem cells for a rare genetic disease has developed benign tumours, raising questions about the therapy's safety.
The boy, now...
Paralysis from injury doesn’t hamper Lantzy
ST. BENEDICT - Ken Lantzy believes in making the best of situations and follows his own advice.
When a high school football injury caused permanent...
Paralysed rats ‘cured’ using stem cell treatment
Lab rats with spinal cord injuries have been treated with adult stem cells to reverse their paralysis according to a new study.
So-called progenitor stem...
