Tag: Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord injury research hampered by animal models

Scientists say difficulty lies in extrapolating animal data to humans Washington—Research on traumatic spinal cord injuries is hampered by a reliance on animal experiments that...

The Quest for a Cure: Paving the Way in Paraplegic Research

World's Leading Spinal Cord Scientists Meet in Salzburg, Austria SANTA MONICA, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 28, 2008 -- The foremost spinal cord injury researchers from the U.S....

Surviving Paralysis

SurvivingParalysis.com facilitates the sharing of information between people with paralysis and other forms of disability, and in so doing, unite people like myself that...

Show support for Wheels in Motion

A team of volunteers in Surrey is preparing to organize the sixth annual Rick Hansen Wheels In Motion, presented by Scotiabank and taking place...

New stem cell therapy for spinal injuries

Namita's life came to a standstill the day she suffered a spinal cord injury 16 years ago. Bound to a wheelchair all these years,...

New clinic opens at the Temple VA hospital

Military veterans with spinal cord injuries have a new place to get the specialized help they need in Central Texas. The VA Hospital in Temple...

Fil-Am is most severely wounded Iraq veteran

The most severely wounded and disabled US soldier to return home from Iraq is a Filipino-American by the name of Joseph “Jay” Briseno Jr....

Spinal cord injury victims get support

Lena Schoemaker has always been an athlete. She played varsity basketball and softball and ran cross country at West High. A big part of...

Support the Wall

This website was created in order to support Robert Wall during hisrecovery from the devastating spinal cord injury that occurred onAugust 20, 2005 while...

Former Lion now roars for disabled

Recently, I was able to reach Mike Utley over the telephone while he was in Dallas awaiting a flight to Miami. At one time,...