Yearly Archives: 2004
Korean Scientists Succeed in Stem Cell Therapy
By Kim Tae-gyu - Staff Reporter
A team of Korean researchers claimed Thursday they had performed a miracle by enabling a patient, who could not...
Determined survivor conquers ski injury
GRAND RAPIDS -- Vicky Schmidt is getting used to battling back.
The latest setback for the 40-year-old Grand Rapids Paraplegic was a ski accident last...
Stem-Cell Industry, Research Evolving
With Limits on Federal Funding for Stem Cells, Researchers Look for Private and Business Backing
By ERIC NOE
Much has been made of President Bush's 2001...
Family pins hope on research
4-year-old injured in 2003 accident making progress
By Lisa Scheller, News Editor
He careens through his house in his wheelchair, zipping from one room to another...
Determined to walk
Paralyzed Delray Beach man working make his wheelchair history
by Dale M. King
At the youthful age of 25, Kevin Mullin of Delray Beach knows how...
A bike for the paralysed
By Jane Elliott - BBC News Health Reporter
People paralysed by spinal cord injuries could soon be able to go out cycling.
Scientists say the tricycle,...
California’s 21st-century Stem Cell Gold Rush
Roxanne Khamsi
A pill-sized brain chip has allowed a quadriplegic man to check e-mail and play computer games using his thoughts. The device can tap...
Quadriplegic man travels to China for stem cell research
By Kevin Otzenberger - Times-News correspondent
BLISS -- A 31-year-old Bliss man will travel to China in January to undergo an experimental treatment that might...
New trick was devised to supply Belgian arms to Nepal
Eric WEERTS, Belgian Physical Therapist
This is my first visit to the Kingdom of Nepal. I am in effect excited to see the mighty Himalayas...
Fundraiser set for quadriplegic mom
A family still recovering from a ghastly car accident last year will hold a benefit Thursday to raise money for specialized surgery for the...