Tag: Government
Gene map charts spinal cord mysteries
SEATTLE - A new online atlas that links mouse genes to spinal cord function should point researchers toward new treatments for maladies that affect...
Christopher Reeve – A true superhero
2008 has been a year marred by injuries to horses and people riding them.
When I see a rider go down, it reminds me of...
Stem-cell tourism troubles experts
In February, Marcela DeVivo took her baby son to the Dominican Republic and paid $30,000 to have him injected with blood stem cells from...
‘We plan to bring out innovative tailor-made cells for diseases’
Chennai: Can you gain anything from someone whose job has not been determined? In sports, the guy who sits on the bench can only...
Crash test dummies don’t represent kids
We’re not protecting young car passengers as well as we could, according to researchers at Sydney’s Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute.
They’ve shown that...
2008 SCI Hall of Fame Nominations Open
National Spinal Cord Injury Association to be Honored at Abilities Expo
ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nominations for the 2008 Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Hall of Fame are...
Spinal cord injury research hampered by animal models
Scientists say difficulty lies in extrapolating animal data to humans
Washington—Research on traumatic spinal cord injuries is hampered by a reliance on animal experiments that...
Fil-Am is most severely wounded Iraq veteran
The most severely wounded and disabled US soldier to return home from Iraq is a Filipino-American by the name of Joseph “Jay” Briseno Jr....
Paralyzed Veterans win battle for Big House seating
Imagine buying tickets to a sporting event and arriving at the stadium to find out you cannot get to or fit into your seat.
People...
Broken back can leave you homeless
A television presenter who broke her back says many people with similar injuries are being forced to live in care homes.
Victoria Hollingsworth shattered her...
