Tag: Stem Cells

Stem-cell tourism troubles experts

In February, Marcela DeVivo took her baby son to the Dominican Republic and paid $30,000 to have him injected with blood stem cells from...

‘We plan to bring out innovative tailor-made cells for diseases’

Chennai: Can you gain anything from someone whose job has not been determined? In sports, the guy who sits on the bench can only...

TEXT-BrainStorm study positive for spinal cord injuries

(The following was issued by Israel's BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc) BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (OTCBB:BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell technologies and...

Brad Koenning Recovery

Brad's recovery after stem cells. Video taken at Pressing On

Explore Health Dr. Carlos Rangel

Donald Margolis of RSCI talks to Dr. Carlos Rangel who is making amazing strides in the treatment of Spinal Cord Injury.

A surgeon’s struggle to regain his life and career

Accident paralyzed his body but not the love for his work Sweat soaked his Aggie baseball cap as Eugene Alford lurched upright over the parallel...

Superman’s battle with George Bush … and his legacy of hope to millions

Film star Christopher Reeve was best known for playing Superman until he was paralysed from the neck down after a riding accident in 1995....

First stem cell trials might start in O.C.

An Irvine company could be the first to win federal approval for clinical trials. A tiny start-up company in Irvine has a shot at becoming...

A case reopened as murder

Matthew R. Nagle was stabbed in the neck on July 3, 2001, and spent the last six years of his life in a wheelchair....

One man’s quest to walk again

Editor's note: Paralysis after a spinal cord injury brings wrenching decisions: Do you accept it as permanent and adapt, or do you refuse to...