Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
Stem Cell Research Offers Hope For Some
KIRKLAND - Hal Newsom never knows if he's going to have a good day or a bad day.
"Every day in my life I go...
Spinal Cord Trauma
Definition:
Spinal cord trauma is damage to the spinal cord that results from direct injury to the cord itself, or from indirect injury from damage...
Dana Reeve Visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, Dana Reeve, wife of actor Christopher Reeve, a director of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) and...
Foot Electrical Stimulation Cycling
Outlined below is a study that requires volunteers who wish to get healthier and have a spinal cord injury. This project has obtained a...
Current Interventions 2004
Drug Therapy
Effective drug therapy for spinal cord injury first became a reality in 1990, when methylprednisolone, the first drug shown to improve recovery from...
Severed spinal cord regenerated
Scientists have succeeded in restoring movement to rats paralysed by spinal injuries.
The breakthrough could ultimately lead to new treatments for people who have been...
School Uses Cells From Aborted Fetuses
Researchers at the Georgetown University Medical Center, a Catholic institution, are using cells derived from aborted fetuses in medical research.
Catholic doctrine opposes abortion, but...
After spinal cord injury – getting muscles to respond
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (USA)--When someone's spinal cord is completely severed, brain signals can no longer reach the legs to tell the legs to walk.
A...
Nanofiber Gel Could Heal Spinal Damage
A gel of tiny fibers could help reverse paralysis from spinal cord injury.
The gel, created by scientists from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, contains...
Iraqi Child’s Life In Balance
12-year-old Paralyzed by Accidental Mortar Being Evacuated to USA
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A U.S. mortar attack that hit the wrong target has...
