Articles - June 2004 en-us http://www.thescizone.com/news N/A http://www.thescizone.com/news michael@thescizone.com 20 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/356/1/900-earn-associate-degrees-at-BCC/Page-1.html Under sunny, blue skies, some 900 jubilant Bronx Community College students were awarded their associate degrees in a memorable outdoor ceremony on BCC's College's University Heights campus. "We are proud to be diverse, but now is the time your contributions as graduates need to be put into words and deeds to truly validate the full meaning of diversity, a concept that too many people pay lip service to but often don't put into action," stated Vice Chancellor of New York State Board of Regents Adelaide Sanford will be BCC's Commencement speaker on Friday, June 4. Preceding Dr. Sanford's uplifting remarks, were words of encouragement from Assemblyman Luis Diaz, Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr. U.S. Senator Charles Shumer followed with his good wishes. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Sat, 24 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/345/1/Combination-Strategy-Promotes-Better-Recovery-of-Walking/Page-1.html Investigators at The Miami Project have designed a new triple combination strategy that opens up new possibilities in the search for successful treatments for spinal cord injury. Damien D. Pearse, Ph.D., working with Mary Bartlett Bunge, Ph.D. and colleagues, tested their new strategy and found the treated animals improved to 70% of normal walking function. The new treatment combines Schwann cell grafts with the administration of rolipram and a form of cyclic AMP, drugs that influence axon growth. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/344/1/disabled-job-despair/Page-1.html Getting a job if you're sick or disabled can be an uphill struggle. Less than 40 percent of all disabled people in the Netherlands have a job - compared with 67 percent of able-bodied people. The figures in the Netherlands are only slightly lower than the European average, but what is particularly surprising is that there is no legislation in place here to encourage employers to take on disabled people. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/343/1/SINGING-IN-THE-RAIN/Page-1.html Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and actor Billy Bob Thornton brave the elements for a worthy cause. "Only country music fans would do something like this!" declared Faith Hill to a crowd enduring unseasonable cold, wind and rain to see her, hubby Tim McGraw and actor Billy Bob Thornton perform at special concert in Austin, Texas. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/342/1/Win-a-Chance-at-a-Million-Dollar-Home/Page-1.html It sounds like a pitch right out of Las Vegas lore. Mary Bolling assures everyone it's not. With the click of a pen and the writing of a well-intended $1,000 check, some lucky individual or family will turn their hard-earned green into gold. Gold as in a $1.289 million home located at the prime location of 6601 North National Drive within the idyllic greenbelts and fairways of The National Golf Club in Parkville. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/341/1/Differing-Views-on-Controversal-Stem-Cell-Research/Page-1.html `Research is promising' With all the recent discussions surrounding stem-cell research and former First Lady Nancy Reagan's support of this research, I am encouraging all Kentuckians who believe in this research to contact their state and federal legislators, the Governor and President Bush and let them know that you want them to support stem-cell research. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/340/1/Stem-cell-quest-takes-family-to-Bahamas/Page-1.html FENTON TWP. - Giving Karly Pollack a second chance at a normal life may come from an experimental stem cell transplant not performed in the United States. Her family left Sunday for the Bahamas where a California doctor will perform the treatment using cells harvested from umbilical cord blood. The Pollacks have taken a second mortgage on their home to pay for the trip and procedure that may repair her spinal cord and allow Karly, 5, to walk on her own. "I don't care if we end up living in a cardboard box. I feel strongly that this is the answer for Karly," said her mother Karen Pollack, 42, a former social worker who gave up her career to care for Karly, her youngest of four children. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/339/1/PRAIRIE-VOICES-Straight-talk-on-stem-cells/Page-1.html It took 10 years to find out how MPTP causes Parkinson's disease Stem cells are in the news. I know that you are working on stem cell research. Tell us a little about your work. My research work is related to Parkinson's disease. We have been working on Parkinson's since 1972 in collaboration with some neurologists, especially Dr. Ron Pfeiffer. Basically, we are interested in the causes and treatment of the disease. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/338/1/Yale-researchers-receive-45-million-grant-to-study-spinal-cord-repair/Page-1.html Yale researchers Stephen G Waxman, MD and Jeffery D Kocsis have received a $4.5 million grant from the Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development Service to continue their internationally recognized research training program focused on restoration of function in spinal cord injury (SCI) and multiple sclerosis (MS). michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/357/1/Robot-aids-the-spinal-cord-injured/Page-1.html Lokomat helps people with paralysed legs simulate walking movements In an attempt to get the brain to signal the body to walk again, doctors are using a robot to remind paralysed patients how to put one foot in front of the other. Patients are strapped into an "exoskeleton" and held in an upright position as Lokomat, the robot, helps them walk. Lokomat simulates a natural gait: Paraplegics who can move their legs to some degree walk along; those without lower-limb sensation have the robot walk for them. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Thu, 24 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400