Tag: Treatments
Poised for the next step
College student ready to undergo experimental stem cell transplant
MISHAWAKA -- Joey McTigue relies on his muscular shoulders and arms to pull himself down the...
Advocates hold out hope for stem cells
NEW YORK -- Having spent 23 years in a wheelchair, Wall Street analyst Henry Stifel keeps a close eye on spinal cord research. And...
Hopes Founder on ‘Big Lie’
SIHEUNG, South Korea — The boy who became known as "Donor 2" was propped up in a wheelchair when a team of esteemed scientists...
Girl’s family pursues treatments
DETROIT - Laura Jackson doesn't want to wait for a cure.
Paralyzed in May 2003 while performing a backward flip in a cheerleading stunt, Laura,...
A ‘Go’ for Stem Cell Research?
Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have the potential to develop into any kind of tissue in the body (e.g. blood cells, heart cells,...
Hwang Woo-suk No Great Loss
The hopes of many quadriplegics (like me) and otherwise injured individuals have been dashed since Korean stem-cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk, who claimed to be...
Cerebral Palsy: Ask the Doctor
Describes athetoid, ataxic, and spastic cerebral palsy in children, including history, causes, symptoms, therapy and treatments.Find out about cerebral palsy disease, types of cerebral...
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
The Miami Project has assembled a broad spectrum of researchers, clinicians, and therapists whose expertise relate directly to the problem of SCI and whose...
U of L researchers find adult stem cells that could lead to cures, resolve...
University of Louisville researchers have coaxed stem cells from adult mice to change into brain, nerve, heart muscle and pancreatic cells - a discovery...
Christopher Reeve Foundation
The Christopher Reeve Foundation is committed to finding treatments and cures for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other neurological disorders, and...
