Tag: Stem Cells
You’ve got to hand it to them
Paraplegics cross country on special cycles to raise funds for medical research
THE OLDEST MEMBER of this small group of paraplegics is 65 but...
Reeve Foundation Recruits Distinguished Stem-Cell Neurobiologist
The Salk Institute's Samuel L. Pfaff, Ph.D. - to its International Research Consort
Pfaff Brings Expertise in Motor Neuron Development to the Foundation's Efforts on...
Blowing away a sniff of a cure
Andrew Commons is determined to walk again - utterly determined. As well as following an intensive daily exercise regime, he's also undergone courses of...
Defying Western Science, Chinese Biotech Pursues Untested Stem Cell Therapy
Although Beike Biotechnology's promising stem cell treatment is unproven, patients are paying to receive the treatment in China.
Pursuing a controversial medical procedure that shows...
Overseas treatment risky
Stem cell procedures lack evidence
PHILADELPHIA — In February, Marcela DeVivo took her baby son to the Dominican Republic and paid $30,000 to have him...
Clinton woman to get stem cell transplant in China
Sonya Watson hasn't walked since a terrifying wreck left her a quadriplegic, but she still dreams of getting out of her wheelchair.
This week, those...
THE TIME TO ADVOCATE IS NOW!!!!!!
This is a very exciting time for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Act! After years of advocating for this bill, we have just...
Study identifies cells for spinal-cord repair
(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has pinpointed stem cells within the spinal cord that, if persuaded to...
Blackwell continues pursuit of dream to walk again
Three years have passed since Tara Blackwell had her life altered in a split-second of tragedy.
She has clung to hope. She has been fueled...
3 movies delve into living with paralysis
PORTAGE | The Northwest Indiana Spinal Cord Injury Group is hoping to educate people about life in a wheelchair by sponsoring a series of...
