Articles - February 2008 en-us http://www.thescizone.com/news N/A http://www.thescizone.com/news michael@thescizone.com 20 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1546/1/Manitoba-gives-3M-boost-to-spinal-injury-treatment/1.html The Manitoba government will spend $3 million over the next five years making sure people with spinal cord injuries receive the most up-to-date services. Premier Gary Doer and other government officials announced the funding in the provincial legislature Friday. The money will help ensure medical treatment and social services incorporate the most recent research and provide more counselling to people who have experienced spinal cord injuries, they said. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1542/1/Manitoba-gives-3M-boost-to-spinal-injury-treatment/1.html The Manitoba government will spend $3 million over the next five years making sure people with spinal cord injuries receive the most up-to-date services. Premier Gary Doer and other government officials announced the funding in the provincial legislature Friday. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1541/1/Injury-fund-fees-shifted-to-all-drivers/1.html State Senators gave a boost Wednesday to efforts to put Indiana at the forefront of medical research to treat patients with spinal cord and brain injuries. Senators approved a plan to keep the research funding flowing while also replacing a controversial fee that motorcycle owners had complained was unfair. By a vote of 47-0, the Senate approved the plan, House Bill 1318. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1540/1/Nano-Scaffold-Developed-To-Rebuild-Nerve-Damage/1.html A Monash University PhD student has developed a new technique that could revolutionise stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury.David Nisbet from Monash University's Department of Materials Engineering has used existing polymer-based biodegradable fibres, 100 times smaller than a human hair, and re-engineered them to create a unique 3-D scaffold that could potentially allow stem cells to repair damaged nerves in the human body more quickly and effectively. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1538/1/Father-Muller-to-host-seminar-on-Physiotheraphy/1.html The Department of Physiotherapy, Father Muller Medical College is organizing Two day workshop on "Physiotheraphy Management  of people  with Spinal Cord Injuries" on 29 of February and 1st of March at Father Muller Medical College Hospital. Dr. Lisa Harvey senior Lecturer from the University of Sydney, Australia is the resource person.Approximately 15 lakh people in India live with Spinal Cord Injury and number is seen to be increasing rapidly, targeting males between the ages of 16-30 years. The diagnosis of spinal cord injury can be devastating and frightening to trauma victims and their families. Hence, Rehabilitation plays a significant role in long term care and community based lifestyle modification. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1539/1/Overturning-2006-vote-favoring-stem-cell-research-is-criminal/1.html Fifteen months ago Missourians passed the Missouri Stem Cell Amendment to protect research for lifesaving cures that could benefit 125 million Americans. On Feb. 20 a Missouri judge forgot that election results are the collective voice of the people and ruled with the minority who oppose stem cell research. I speak with 60,000 Missouri citizens and more than 100 respected patient, faith and medical groups when I say I am very disappointed. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1537/1/StemCyte-Expands-Support-of-World-Renowned-Spinal-Cord-Injury-Researcher-Through-Agreement-with-Rutgers-University/1.html StemCyte, Rutgers Sign Research, Licensing Agreement for Novel Human Umbilical Cord Blood Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury Being Developed by Wise Young, M.D., Ph.D.StemCyte Inc. and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, today announced at the Stem Cell Summit that they have entered into a research and licensing agreement for a spinal cord injury therapy being developed by Wise Young, M.D., Ph.D., that uses StemCyte's proprietary human umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells in conjunction with lithium.Under the terms of the agreement, StemCyte will provide financial sponsorship for Dr. Young's work at Rutgers' W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience and receive exclusive commercialization rights to the therapy. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1536/1/Miracle-boy-fights-back-from-spinal-cord-injury/1.html Wanyae Givens' chances of surviving the auto accident that nearly severed his spine at the base of his skull were extremely slim. But less than two weeks after he nearly died, the 13-year-old Burton Middle School seventh-grader, although unable to speak, is the one assuring his mother and other family members he will be OK. Injured in a car crash Feb. 10, he communicates by blinking his eyes -- once for "no," twice for "yes." michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1535/1/U-of-L-researchers-get-federal-grants-for-spinal-cord-research/1.html Elizabeth Fust was part of a crowd Monday honoring University of Louisville researchers who won $4.7 million in federal grants. For Fust, the ceremony was more personal, knowing she might someday benefit from the search for new spinal cord injury treatments.Fust, paralyzed from the waist down since a spinal cord stroke two years ago, said the highly sought grants show cutting-edge research is taking place in her hometown."I'm thrilled that I don't have to go somewhere else in the country ... to see this science come to fruition," the 40-year-old lawyer said in an interview. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1534/1/Mother-daughter-duo-beat-disability/1.html It's been an addiction since she tried it in New York City one year after the car accident.Melinda Baker, 39, of Bushnell, Fla., decided she didn't want to sit on the couch and do nothing, so she took up handcycling. After her first race, the New York City Marathon, she said she was hooked."I lost my leg at 35 and suffered a brain injury and an incomplete spinal cord injury," Baker said of the accident. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500