Yearly Archives: 2006
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...
Erythropoietin Holds Promise In The Treatment Of Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a two-step process. The primary injury is mechanical, resulting from impact, compression or some other insult to the spinal...
