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CU enters stem cell big league

AURORA - The University of Colorado has scored a $6 million gift from Denver's Gates family and gained a top Texas researcher, two major...

‘Ethical’ stem cell lines created

Human embryonic stem cell lines have been generated without embryos being destroyed, according to researchers. A US team created the lines by removing single cells...

Right under our noses

I AM writing from the perspective of a neurobiologist, who has been working in the area of neural Regeneration for over 20 years. This has...

Two decades later, Hansen is still a man in motion

VANCOUVER -- With muscular shoulders dominating his powerful athletic frame and not a trace of age on his still-boyish face, Rick Hansen looks young...

NASA Technology Helping Injured U.S. Troops

Patented NASA technology that originally enhanced robotics and sounding rockets is now aiding U.S. soldiers returning from overseas duty with spinal cord or traumatic...

Regeneration study could offer hope to humans

The genes and proteins in salamanders and frog tadpoles hold secrets that IUPUI researchers hope will lead them to discover how to regenerate limbs...

Learning a new routine

Injured Tucson gymnast endures Rehabilitation in Colorado, where he begins to heal and adapts to life as a quadriplegic ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Drew Donnellan reaches...

Heat a danger for disabled

Those paralyzed can't detect effects of high temperatures Not quite a year after a surfing accident left him a quadriplegic, Robert "Buzz" Chmielewski was at...

$5 million in new state stem cell research funding

Gov. Blagojevich announces recipients of $5 million in new state stem cell research funding Funds awarded to seven state university stem cell research projects CHICAGO –...

Spinal cord bridge bypasses injury to restore mobility

Cleveland -- The body's spinal cord is like a super highway of nerves. When an injury occurs, the body's policing defenses put up a...