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» Reeve recovery hopes boosted

Published 12/10/2002 | Cure Research , 2002 & Older | Unrated

Scientists have uncovered evidence that actor Christopher Reeve could make a full recovery from paralysis if his spinal injury can be fixed.

Reeve, the star of the Superman films, was paralysed from the neck down after damaging his spinal cord in a riding fall seven years ago.

» Spinal Cord: Heal Thyself

Published 08/30/2002 | 2002 & Older , Cure Research | Rating:

Transplanted stem cells can improve motor skills in injured rats

By Jennifer Thomas
HealthDayNews Reporter

FRIDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- Japanese researchers are reporting yet another advance in the repair of damaged body parts using fetal stem cells.

» Benefit for paralyzed snowboarder takes off

Published 04/6/2002 | 2002 & Older , Rehab Funds | Rating:

BRECKENRIDGE - On April 6, 2002, Matt Wyffels was competing at Copper Mountain and broke his back.
After suffering a spinal cord injury, doctors told Wyffels he'd never be able to use his legs again. Wyffels resisted.

Since his accident, a benefit has been held each spring to help Wyffels pay for his physical therapy.

» Christopher Reeve for Embryonic Stem Cells

Published 07/28/2001 | 2002 & Older , Stem Cells | Unrated

July 28, 2001: Christopher Reeve, Mary Tyler Moore, and others favoring research involving embryonic stem cells, continue to pressure President Bush, who is said to be agonizing over the stem-cell decision, one of the most important of his presidency.

» Police Officer Hospitalized After Crash

Published 06/29/2001 | 2002 & Older , Law & Justice | Unrated

Spinal Injury Could Cause Paralysis
(LOUISVILLE, June 29th, 2001, 3:30 p.m.) -- A Louisville police officer was seriously injured this morning in a single car wreck in the city's south end.

Officer Kelly Fentress reportedly was traveling northbound on Southern Parkway and possibly swerved to avoid another vehicle when his car left the road and smashed into a tree at Southern Parkway near Kingston Drive. The tree was knocked completely out of the ground by the impact, and crews had to cut Fentress from the wreckage.

» Pig Snouts Used to Treat Spinal Cord Injury

Published 09/5/2000 | 2002 & Older , Research | Rating:

In a recent study, scientists used cells from pig snouts to successfully repair severed spinal cords in rats. The pig cells were engineered so that they would not be rejected by the rat's immune system, as is usually the case with cross-species transplants. In the future, doctors may be able to use these engineered cells to treat human spinal cord injuries, according to an article published in the Aug. 29 issue of Nature Biotechnology.

» Spinal Cord Injury and Infant Breathing Problems Are the Most Expensive Conditions to Treat in Hospitals

Published 11/10/1999 | 2002 & Older , Healthcare Coverage | Unrated

The five most expensive conditions, or principal diagnoses, to treat in hospitalized patients are spinal cord injury, infant respiratory distress syndrome, low birthweight, leukemia and heart valve disorders, according to the U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR). The national average costs of these conditions, which are for 1996, reflect what hospitals charged for treatment, and do not include physicians' fees.

» Pig cells mend damaged spines

Published 10/25/1999 | 2002 & Older , Research | Unrated

Transplanting genetically-modified pig cells into monkeys with damaged spines helped repair the damage which causes paralysis in humans, experts report.

The researchers from the Yale University School of Medicine in the US believe this is a significant move towards a treatment for people with spinal cord injuries.

» Paralysis 'cure' promised

Published 07/14/1999 | 2002 & Older , Cure Research | Unrated

A treatment for people paralysed by spinal cord injuries could be available in about a decade, according to a US leading scientist.

Professor Charles Vacanti, famous for implanting an engineered human ear on the back of a mouse in 1995, claims to have found a way of regrowing the spinal cords of paralysed mice.

Details of his method were announced at a meeting of the UK Tissue and Cell Engineering Society at the Hammersmith Hospital, London. Lord Winston, a pioneer of In Vitro Fertilisation, described the results as "truly astounding".