Tag: Urinary Tract Infection
Spain’s High-Flying, Deep-Sea-Diving Quadriplegic Poet-Hero
Based on the chastened life and hastened death of Spanish euthanasia activist Ramón Sampedro, the painterly biopic The Sea Inside finds art-house hunk Javier...
The comeback kid
The odds were against W&M cornerback Stephen Cason ever walking again, much less sparking a Division I-AA quarterfinal rally.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Want to see...
‘BrainGate’ Brain-Machine-Interface takes shape
An implantable, brain-computer interface the size of an aspirin has been clinically tested on humans by American company Cyberkinetics. The 'BrainGate' device can provide...
Spine therapy works on dogs, may help humans
By Lee Bowman, Scripps Howard News Service
Researchers have successfully tested injections of a liquid polymer to heal spinal injuries in dogs in an experiment...
Study on dogs yields hope in human paralysis treatment
Researchers have successfully tested injections of a liquid polymer to heal spinal injuries in dogs in an experiment that also offers hope for preventing...
Stem Cell Therapy Answer to Uncurable Diseases
Patients paralyzed by injuries to their spinal cords have the hope of walking again thanks to stem cell therapy, which is expected to become...
Lucky dogs help spinal cord injury research
Injured animals received a polymer that lets nerve cells repair selves in Purdue/Texas study.
Madeline and Fred Pernell will never know exactly what happened with...
Preventing Permanent Spinal Cord Injury
Injections of a man-made liquid may some day help treat spinal cord injuries and prevent permanent paralysis, according to an animal study.
One day, ambulances...
Replicating an Eel’s Nerve Circuitry May Aid Paralyzed People
Source: Johns Hopkins University
In a collaboration blending biology and robotics, researchers are unraveling the circuitry in an eel’s spinal cord to help develop a...
A Stem Cell Christmas Miracle?
A report earlier this week that South Korean researchers have used stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood to help a woman with a...
