Tag: Spinal Cord
Illinois woman undergoes experimental stem-cell surgery in Portugal
Within weeks of experimental stem-cell surgery Oct. 29 in Portugal, Jacki Rabon - paralyzed from the waist down after an auto accident two years...
Restorative Therapies, Inc., Receives FDA Clearance for RT300-S Internet Connectivity
Restorative Therapies, Inc., a designer and supplier of medical devices, today announced FDA clearance of internet connectivity for its breakthrough medical device, the RT300-S,...
Study Finds Nerve Regeneration Possible in Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
A team of scientists at UCSF has made a critical discovery that may help in the development of techniques to promote...
Stretching the limits to heal spinal cords
For years, scientists have been trying to make injured spinal cords grow back, with limited success.
Lying awake in bed one night, neurobiologist Douglas H....
Web gift widens local girl’s world Web
Usually, Santa Claus arrives Dec. 25. This year, “Santa” took a little extra time to bring a special gift to a deserving young Edmond...
Castaic Paraplegic to Walk Marathon Finish
This morning, for the second year in a row, Castaic resident and Web site designer Marc Richards, paralyzed from the middle of his chest...
Life Rolls On Foundation
Life Rolls On is a non-profit 501(c)3 Foundation that exists to be a grassroots resource and an advocate on behalf of young people who...
Spinal Man.com
In layman’s terms, what happened next was that my white blood cells overreacted to the poison and in their zealousness to get rid of...
Remembering Dana Reeve: Why Did Stem Cell Research Disappear From Memory?
The national media was full of broken hearts last week when Dana Reeve died at 44, after nearly a decade of caring for disabled...
Let’s create model of inclusiveness for 2010 Olympics and Paralympics
More than two decades have passed since I wheeled onto the track and heard the cheers of the crowd in Los Angeles at the...
