Spinal cords fixed in tests

With a genetic tweak, scientists have created an unlimited supply of a type of nerve cells found in the spinal cord and have been able to use the cells to partially repair damaged spinal cords in lab animals. Continue Reading »

BOEC lands “Quality of Life’ grant

BRECKENRIDGE – The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) has awarded the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center (BOEC) a $10,000 Quality of Life Grant as part of more than $713,000 it distributed to 103 organizations nationwide recently. Continue Reading »

Scientists create human embryos through cloning, extract embryonic stem cells

For the first time, scientists have achievedhuman “therapeutic cloning,” creating human embryos through cloning and extracting stem cells that were thenmorphed into other kinds of cells.

The stunning announcement, being made today by Korean scientists at a major American science conference in Seattle, boosts hope for stem-cell therapies for diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, spinal-cord injuries and other diseases — though such treatments remain years away. Continue Reading »

Human clones verified

For the first time, scientists have achievedhuman “therapeutic cloning,” creating human embryos through cloning and extracting stem cells that were thenmorphed into other kinds of cells.

The stunning announcement, being made today by South Korean scientists at a major American science conference in Seattle, Continue Reading »

Researchers: Don’t try to clone babies

The South Korean researchers who made history this week in creating human embryos through cloning and extracting viable stem cells say they adamantly oppose cloning to make babies.

“We are in the position against reproductive cloning,” Woo Suk Hwang said Thursday at an American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle. Continue Reading »

Dana Reeve Visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ — Today, Dana Reeve, wife of actor Christopher Reeve, a director of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) and Chair of the Quality of Life Committee, visited the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to present a Quality of Life Grant check to the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine. Continue Reading »

Spinal Cord Tumors

Definition

A spinal cord tumor is a benign or cancerous growth in the spinal cord, between the membranes covering the spinal cord, or in the spinal canal. A tumor in this location can compress the spinal cord or its nerve roots; therefore, even a noncancerous growth can be disabling unless properly treated. Continue Reading »

After spinal cord injury – getting muscles to respond

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (USA)–When someone’s spinal cord is completely severed, brain signals can no longer reach the legs to tell the legs to walk.

A study in this month’s journal Spinal Cord shows that those who have suffered a spinal cord injury can generate muscle activity independent of brain signals. Continue Reading »

Nanofiber Gel Could Heal Spinal Damage

A gel of tiny fibers could help reverse paralysis from spinal cord injury.

The gel, created by scientists from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, contains a three-dimensional network of nanoscale fibers that form a scaffold to promote Neuron growth. Continue Reading »

A Little History about Mark & dreamblvr.com

Most people begin by telling some tragic story about paralysis. The tragic part often happens after the injury.
During high school, I had a teacher who had been injured in Viet Nam. He taught marketing, computer skills and much more about life. He was someone you could just sit around with and kick the bull. Very rarely did he talk about what he’d been through but you just knew it was a lot. When he did reflect back on those days it was kept very brief and it was something you respected. Shortly after my accident, he said to me, “right now is the easiest you’ll ever have it.” I had just received the biggest blow of my life and was loosing everything and everyone around me. Continue Reading »