Articles - Cure Research en-us http://www.thescizone.com/news N/A http://www.thescizone.com/news michael@thescizone.com 20 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1582/1/The-Quest-for-a-Cure-Paving-the-Way-in-Paraplegic-Research/1.html World's Leading Spinal Cord Scientists Meet in Salzburg, AustriaThe foremost spinal cord injury researchers from the U.S. and around the globe will meet in Salzburg's Hangar 7 this April 28-May 2 for a scientific symposium hosted by Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation. Twenty-six of the world's most renowned neuroscientists, including 13 U.S. scholars, will be discussing such topics as an injured spinal cord's ability to regenerate and the potential treatments for paraplegia. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1580/1/Spinal-cord-injury-research-hampered-by-animal-models/1.html Scientists say difficulty lies in extrapolating animal data to humansResearch on traumatic spinal cord injuries is hampered by a reliance on animal experiments that don’t accurately predict human outcomes, says a new study in the upcoming edition of the peer-reviewed journal Reviews in the Neurosciences. The review was written by scientists with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. “Despite decades of animal experiments, we still don’t have a drug to cure spinal cord injury in humans,” says Aysha Akhtar, a neurologist with PCRM and the lead author. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1557/1/Everett-visits-paralysis-researchers/1.html Kevin Everett and Marc Buoniconti each suffered a severe spinal cord injury while making a tackle. The difference between them on Friday was the result of more than 20 years of research. Buoniconti has used a wheelchair since being paralyzed while playing football for The Citadel in 1985. Everett walked through the lobby of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis just about seven months after he crumpled face-down on the turf following a tackle in which his helmet struck another player's helmet and shoulder pad. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1529/1/New-hope-on-spinal-injury/1.html SCIENTISTS are on the brink of a major potential breakthrough in the repair of spinal cord injuries. Action Medical Research, a national charity, has said that the work at the Cambridge University Centre for Brain Repair may bring new hope to people paralysed as a result of broken backs and necks. In the UK there are more than 40,000 people with spinal injuries, which can take the form of anything from loss of sensation to full paralysis. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1415/1/Steps-to-a-Cure/1.html Kevin Everett, the Buffalo Bills player who was paralyzed after breaking his neck on the football field, will soon walk. That’s what doctors said as he was transferred from Buffalo to a Houston hospital today, less than two weeks after sustaining a life-threatening spinal cord injury. “Soon… they’re going to stand him up,” Dr. Barth Green, president of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, told the Associated Press. “(Doctors are) very confident he’ll be walking very soon… in the next days or weeks, not months.” Incredible news. Some would consider Everett’s progress a miracle.But it’s not. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1403/1/Taichung-hospital-joins-spinal-cord-injury-group/1.html China Medical University Hospital in Taichung has joined the China Spinal Cord Injury Network (ChinaSCINet) to conduct experiments into the effectiveness of stem cell therapy in treating patients with spinal damage, hospital sources said on Thursday. The ChinaSCINet project, led by Wise Young from Rutgers University, is about to extend the successful results in animal testing to human volunteers in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. The team has already proven that lithium and umbilical cord blood can be helpful in reconnecting the neural systems of animals with spinal cord injuries. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1348/1/Paralyzed-athletes-pin-hopes-on-UCI-researcher/1.html An Irvine professor studies stem cells to look for a treatment for spinal cord injuries.The motorcycle roars to life. From his wheelchair David Bailey watches it take off.Someday, the motocross and Supercross legend thinks. Someday soon – maybe.For years, the promise of even modest recovery from the type of chronic spinal cord injury that Bailey had two decades ago has been little more than a cruel mirage. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1341/1/Radiation-therapy-combined-with-microsurgery-shows-promise-for-curing-injured-spinal-cord/1.html Research on rats with crushed spinal cords, similar to human injury, reveals that treatment soon after injury combining radiation therapy to destroy harmful cells and microsurgery to drain excess fluids significantly increases the body�s ability to repair the injured cord leading to permanent recovery from injury, according to the study published in the July 18 peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE. Since repair of damaged cord directly correlates with prevention of paralysis, this research demonstrates that conventional clinical procedures hold promise for preventing paralysis from spinal cord injuries.Currently there is no cure for human spinal cord injury. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1290/1/The-Christopher-and-Dana-Reeve-Foundation-Expresses-Disappointment-Over-President-Bushs-Veto-of-the-Stem-Cell-Research-Enhancement-Act/1.html The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (CDRF), the national, non-profit organization dedicated to finding cures and treatments for spinal cord injuries and improving the lives of people living with paralysis, today expressed strong disappointment in President Bush's veto of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, which would have paved the way for advancements in stem cell research with the support and oversight of the federal government. "Twice in less than one year, the President has dashed the dreams of millions of Americans living with paralysis and many other diseases and disabilities who see the potential in stem cell research and dream of a cure in their lifetime," said Peter D. Kiernan, Chairman and CEO of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. "As the President of the United States, President Bush is entrusted to act upon the will of the American people he represents, but his repeated failure to sign this critical legislation into law shows his inability to prevent politics from standing in the way of hope." michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1210/1/Marsupial-Genome-Sequence-to-Advance-Human-Health-Studies/1.html Being announced this week in the journal Nature is the sequencing of the genome of the gray, short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica, an animal originally developed as a model for scientific studies at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) in San Antonio and now utilized by researchers around the globe for a wide variety of research on human health and disease. The tiny Monodelphis domestica is the first marsupial to be sequenced.SFBR Chief Scientific Officer John L. VandeBerg, who first developed the animal as a scientific model and who serves as a co-author on the Nature article, explained that the genome sequencing is poised to have a significant impact on biomedical research. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400