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52 min ago | Scientific Blogging

Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment Restores Walking Ability In Rats

Results of the cervical study currently appear online in the journal Stem Cells.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Stem Cell Research, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicine, Health

11 hrs ago | OC Metro

a ' UC Irvine sees success with embryonic stem cell therapy

UC Irvine's embryonic stem cell therapy a ' which is the first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for human testing a ' is showing positive results.

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Related Topix: Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, UC Irvine, Healthcare Law, Food and Drug Administration, Law, Medicine, Health, Biotech, Geron, Healthcare Industry

Sat Nov 07, 2009

V101.1 FM

Shriners Hospital Toy Drive

Listen to the report Thousands of children at the Shriners hospital are being treated for serious medical conditions like burns and spinal cord injuries.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Metro

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Porterville Recorder

Children have shot at free medical treatment

An opportunity for free medical treatment is being offered for children under the age of 18.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Health, Visalia Metro, Porterville, CA

Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs

Healing Scar Tissue: Hope for Spinal Cord Injuries

Researchers have developed a new enzyme to break down dense scar tissue that builds up on the spinal cord after central nervous system damage.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Sunday Times

BANG! And passenger was gone

The civilian passenger was expecting the ride of a lifetime when he strapped himself into the back seat of a South African Air Force Silver Falcons aircraft.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Medicine, Health

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

'Scar eating' enzyme aids spine repair

US researchers have engineered an enzyme that can gobble up scar tissue formed after spinal cord injuries, overcoming a key hurdle to getting injured nerves to reconnect and heal.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Daily Times

Help for someone with a learning disability

We're spending this month talking about various types of disabilities.We'll start today with learning disabilities, then progress to mental illnesses, followed by hearing impairments and deafness, visual impairments and spinal cord injuries.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

San Diego Union-Tribune

Dr. Mark Tuszynski (left) and colleague Ken Kadoya at UCSD.

"The science is so big now," said Dr. Stuart A. Lipton, director of the Burnham Institute's Del cq E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center.

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Related Topix: Technical Services, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, San Diego, CA, San Diego Metro, UC San Diego, Medicine, Health

TheSpectrum.com

Coming Tomorrow: Learning to walk again through neurological rehabilitation

James Loris is walking again. A neck injury disrupted the brain's communication with his body, causing paralysis.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Sat Oct 31, 2009

WFTV Orlando

Controversial Camp For Spinal Cord

BACKGROUND: About 12,000 people suffer spinal cord injuries in the United States very year, according to the Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention, Care & Cure.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Sanford, FL, Orlando Metro, Orlando, FL

Thu Oct 29, 2009

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Progress Made in Spinal Cord Injury Research

Researchers in San Diego might have discovered a way to do what was previously thought impossible: to train nerves to properly regenerate themselves.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, UC San Diego

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Vancouver Courier

Kits residents want consultation...

A supporter of social housing, Joanne Naiman sings in the Solidarity Notes Labour Choir, which has performed at events in favour of social housing at Little Mountain.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Tue Oct 27, 2009

AltWeeklies.com

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At Helping Hands, a one-of-a-kind nonprofit school celebrating its 30th anniversary, monkeys train for two to four years before being matched with people nationwide who've experienced spinal-cord injuries or suffer from muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Science Blog

Master regulator found for regenerating nerve fibers in live animals

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston report that an enzyme known as Mst3b, previously identified in their lab, is essential for regenerating damaged axons in a live animal model, in both the peripheral and central nervous systems.

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Related Topix: Stroke, Medicine, Health

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Science Daily

Low-Carb Diet Speeds Recovery From Spinal Cord Injury

The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Fasting

Thu Oct 22, 2009

JivinJehoshaphat

Life Links

A Michigan-based researcher has authored a study showing how adult olfactory stem cells can help patients with spinal cord injuries.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Physics Org

Researchers find ways to encourage spinal cord regeneration after injury

Animal research is suggesting new ways to aid recovery after spinal cord injury.

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Related Topix: Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Medicine, Health

The Straits Times

Antidepressant helps recovery

A COMMON antidepressant combined with an intensive treadmill training program helped people with partial spinal cord injuries walk better and faster, US researchers said on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Lexapro, Escitalopram (generic), Medication

Mon Oct 19, 2009

GreenvilleOnline.com -

Midlands official tapped to head disabilities agency

The state agency for people with mental retardation and brain and spinal cord injuries has picked the head of its Midlands Center to be the new statewide director nearly eight months after the previous director stepped down and 10 months after a critical audit.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

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