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Yearly Archives: 2011

Stemedica Neural Stem Cells Successful in Preclinical Study of Spinal Cord Injury

Transplanted neural stem cells (NSCs) developed by Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., a leader in adult allogeneic stem cell manufacturing, research and development were successful...

Guide helps people with spinal injuries get fit

As a younger man, Jake Lawless would tell friends that if they had a car accident with him as a passenger, they had better...

Medicare’s no match for catastrophic injury

It is as simple as this: One Sunday in September, Tracy Dort-Kyne flipped over the handlebars of her bike, and woke up a quadriplegic....

Whatever Happened To… the quadriplegic who defied medical odds?

Pat Rummerfield is a busy man. He is a marathoner, an Ironman Triathlon finisher, a speedboat racer and a world-speed-record-setting auto racer. He is...

‘It’s all about attitude’

AUSTRALIAN hand cycling champion Michael Taylor is on track to represent his country at the London Paralympics next year. If named in the Australian squad...

Call for paralysed participants in clinical trial

A pioneering treatment for people paralysed with spinal cord injuries is now in the early stages of a clinical trial in New Zealand. Paralysed...

Handihelp.net

Simple tools and ideas to reduce frustrations for individuals living with disabilities. Emphasis is on developing the attitudes, abilities and skills necessary to gain...

Nordic Council to help in fight against spinal cord injury

An Icelandic proposal that the Nordic countries should organise a joint project to search for an effective remedy/cure for spinal cord injuries has been...

Wheelchair Users Stage ‘Roll-In’ Protest Against ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’

FLATIRON — Wearing yellow buttons stating “Separate is NOT equal,” a dozen advocates in wheelchairs rolled into the “Taxi of Tomorrow” exhibit near Madison...

Paraplegic ‘excited’ as he joins medical trial

Paraplegic Jamie Harris hopes a groundbreaking research trial into spinal injuries could see him back on his feet. The Hamilton 26-year-old was hit by a...