Tag: Treatments

New hope for spinal cord injury sufferers

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most significant forms of neurotrauma with major economic and social impact. Every year, nearly 12,000 individuals in...

Treatment Holds Promise for Thousands of Patients Impacted by Spinal Cord Injury

Newswise — Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most significant forms of neurotrauma with major economic and social impact. Every year, nearly...

Illinois resident’s experience proves that paralyzed men can father children

In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he'd lost the...

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Lauds U.S. Senate Passage of the Stem Cell Research...

SHORT HILLS, N.J., April 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire / -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (CDRF), the national, non-profit organization dedicated to finding cures and...

Embryo ethics

As the debate over stem cell research resumes in Washington this week, the moral principle on which the White House bases its position remains...

Hope for fatherhood

Paralyzed men have new range of options Chicago - In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther...

Rehab Robot Does Heavy Lifting

Over the past few months, the School of Human Kinetics’ Tania Lam has been keeping close company with the Lokomat®, one of only two...

Senators Home for Spring Recess – Stem Cell Vote in the Senate April 10th!

The Senate is scheduled to consider the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, S. 5 on April 10th – less than 2 weeks away! ...

Stem Cells 101

What it is (and isn't), why it's promising, and who can benefit. Embryonic Stem Cells Hold Tremendous Promise The suffering of millions could end These cells could...

Persistence paid off for paralyzed dad

In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he'd lost the...