Tag: Wings for Life
Don’t miss it: Virtual charity run with guaranteed runners’ high
Wings for Life World Run introduces innovative app features for race day
Salzburg, April 19, 2021 – The gap between virtual and real life...
Living With Spinal Cord Injury | Wings for Life World Run
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Nina Wabra Jakič is the wife of Gal Jakič, one of the ambassadors of the Wings for Life World Run in Ljubljana
Her life was...
Regenerating Axons Across Complete Spinal Cord Injury
In a collaboration led by EPFL (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland and UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) in the USA,...
Inflammation discovery opens window to better rehabilitation possibilities
Findings could have significant impact on how spinal cord injuries are treated in the future
Inflammation plays a key role in improving the ability to...
Gene therapy restores hand function after spinal cord injury in rats
https://youtu.be/dCyIiDcn9WU
Researchers at King’s College London and the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have shown that rats with spinal cord injuries can re-learn skilled hand movements after...
The key numbers from a record-breaking Wings for Life World Run
The fourth Wings for Life World Run was another record-breaking edition – with 155,288 registered participants raising a huge 6.8 million euros for...
After Car Crash, This Quadriplegic Beauty Enthusiast Found Renewed Purpose In Vlogging
Rarely are the phrases ‘beauty tutorial’ and ‘inspirational tour de force’ used in the same sentence, though the vlogger Steph Aiello may be a...
New trial may revolutionize treatment of spinal cord injury patients
Queensland researchers are launching a world-first clinical trial aimed at improving recovery from spinal cord injuries.
In the study, led by The University of Queensland...
Wings for Life World Run Ambassador Eric LeGrand: A Work of Art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdOEhWFJN_s
Former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand was paralyzed in an October 16, 2010 college football game, fracturing his C-3 and C-4 vertebrae. Since then,...
Spinal Cord Injury Causes ‘Immune System Paralysis’
COLUMBUS, Ohio - New research led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is showing that spinal cord injuries can also cause a...