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Monthly Archives: November 2004

Paralyzed man is recipient of holiday spirit

Strangers, friends and family are remodeling Jesse Freeby's house to make it wheelchair accessible DENNIS McCARTHY MILWAUKIE -- Jesse Freeby never realized how many friends he...

Paralyzed woman walks again after stem cell therapy

=SEOUL : A South Korean woman paralyzed for 20 years is walking again after scientists say they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells...

Andrew Stephen on a quadriplegic’s death sentence

For those of you who cannot conceive of the US as a cruel country, read the tale of the young quadriplegic condemned to death...

Stem cell basics, minus opinions

There are few controversies that polarize individuals as does the one surrounding stem cell research. I will attempt to take a very difficult subject...

Wireless reconnects spinal patients

By Jon Fortt - KNIGHT RIDDER Stephen Suer has a passion for books, scuba diving and road bikes: He's not your typical banker. But his life...

California’s New Stem-Cell Initiative Is Already Raising Concerns

By JOHN M. BRODER - New York Times LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 - As California moves to begin a lushly financed program of embryonic stem...

Stem cell from umbilical cord blood used to treat paralysis

By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL SEOUL -- South Korean researchers say they've used stem cell therapy to enable a paralyzed patient to walk after she was...

Most spinal-cord injury patients suffer ‘abnormal’ pain: poll

Three-quarters of paralyzed spinal-cord injury patients suffer from persistent abnormal pain, according to a study released Friday. A group of spinal cord injury patients and...

Stem cell therapy helps patient walk again, South Korea

A team of Korean researchers claimed Thursday they had performed a miracle by enabling a patient, who could not even stand up for the...

Give A Cheer! Cheerleader Regains Ability To Walk

Recovery From Spinal Cord Injury Is 6 To 12 Percent A young New Jersey woman paralyzed in a cheerleading accident fought to get back on...