Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
Human stem cells restore motor function in mice
IRVINE — A UC Irvine study is the first to demonstrate that human neural stem cells can restore mobility in cases of chronic spinal...
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Announces Expansion of NeuroRecovery Network
Three community-based health and wellness facilities to provide better access to exercise for those living with paralysis
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation has named...
Lifelong athlete shows determination in dealing with spinal injury
Who: Heidi Schindler, 27, Gervais; 5 feet 6 inches, 145 pounds.
Backstory: Schindler, a lifelong athlete, suffered a spinal cord injury in January while snowboarding....
Department of Defense Gives $5.4 Million to Spinal Cord Injury Research
HOUSTON, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Department of Defense (DoD) awarded the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation a $5.4 million grant to...
Robust Regeneration of Injured Nerves Achieved for First Time in Adult Mammalian Spinal Cord
BOSTON, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers for the first time have induced robust regeneration of nerve tissue connections in injured adult spinal cord sites...
Hopes raised for spinal injury as stem cells are ‘virtually identical’
Spinal cord injury patients may be another step closer to treatment that could repair damaged nerve tissue.
According to research from the Whitehead Institute in...
Iraq Veteran Will Be First to Get Adult Stem Cell Treatment for Spinal Cord...
Last week, the FDA gave biotech firm Geron the green light to proceed with clinical trials of an embryonic stem cell treatment for spinal...
Increasing Evidence of Stem Cells Usefulness in Spinal Cord Injury was Shown in an...
Videos displaying recovery after spinal cord injury in rats, pigs and human patients were exposed to the scientific community and government authorities. That data...
Nosing Your Way Around
Reasearchers in Israel have developed an electronic controller that allows severely disabled people to control their wheelchairs or computers with a simple sniff of...
Adult stem cell research far ahead of embryonic
NEW YORK — A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn't heal, even with multiple...
