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Daily Archives: September 5, 2007

Skin stem cells used to mend spines of rats

A Toronto-led team of researchers has found a way to use stem cells derived from skin to treat spinal cord injuries in rats. The finding...

Leechburg football player recovering from spinal injury

Leechburg freshman football player Keeton Hayes was in fair condition Wednesday night at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh after suffering a spinal injury during practice...

New DVD aimed at reducing spinal injuries

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Football players usually hoot and holler when viewing tapes of bone-crunching hits. Recently, however, the West Florida High Jaguars could only gasp...

Plager lives life full-speed ahead

The dining room table in Angie Plager's living room is taller than most. So is her computer desk. The furniture is arranged along the...