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Yearly Archives: 2008

$1 million to fund first 12 patient treatments

New Zealand to join spinal cord repair effort New Zealand has 5000 people in wheelchairs – one of the highest per capita ratios in the...

Budding web designer an inspiration to others

WHILE Shane Agnew has faced his fair share of hurdles since sustaining a spinal cord injury that left him a ventilated quadriplegic, his sights...

Promising therapies for spinal cord injuries

A quarter of a million Americans are currently living with spinal cord injuries, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Although most...

Rick Hansen helps open world class spinal cord research centre

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Man in Motion wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen saw a dream come true Tuesday with the opening of a world-class spinal cord...

Specialized therapy center is at the heart of foundation’s work

The Michael-Ryan Pattison Foundation, formerly A Cure is Coming, is the legacy of the inspirational effort of a healing community of friends who supported...

PREMIER OPENS WORLD-LEADING SPINAL CORD INJURY CENTRE

VANCOUVER – The world’s largest, most advanced and most comprehensive facility devoted to spinal cord injury research and patient care was opened today by...

A father’s journey

Former Forest City resident remains hopeful for son's full recovery Craig Olson saw the time that his mother had called on that fateful September night...

Implant hope for paraplegics to walk again

AUSTRALIA's bionic ear experts may hold the key to perfecting a technique that will allow paraplegics to walk again. A Canadian researcher has been working...

3 with local ties inducted

Dr. James S. Krause, Harriet McBryde Johnson and Marc Buoniconti Three of this year's 19 inductees into the Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame have...

Paralysis research requires a barrel of monkeys

At the Miller Laboratory of Limb Motor Control, "monkey business" is a misnomer. The lab, located at the Feinberg School of Medicine, is hoping to...