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Hope for new source of stem cells
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US scientists have found a way to turn adult cells back into immature cells with the potential to become many different types of tissue.
The breakthrough by Scripps Research Institute in California could provide a non-controversial way to grow tissue for medical treatments.
The use of immature "stem" cells holds great promise as a treatment for paralysis or diseases like Parkinson's. But some oppose use of the most potent cells because they come from embryos.
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Steroids May Reverse Loss Of Substance Tied To Nervous System Disease
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Steroids help to reduce inflammation, but University of Illinois scientists suggest they also could be used to reverse a loss of myelin -- a major problem in multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases and injuries associated with the central and peripheral nervous systems.
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PT Cruiser Conversions
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Undeniable style meets amazing mobility and freedom with the PT Driver.
Go anywhere with the PT Driver - our easy access ramp limits your possibility of being blocked in.
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Friends of Moses Website
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Moses is a C3, C4, & C5 injury like me. Moses great friends have made him a very nice website. I think this site is interesting because they document Moses progress in a journal idea style. You can read entry by entry as Moses gets better. The Status Updates are well managed with entries going back to 10/23/02, days after Moses was injured.
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ProNeuron to test spinal cord treatment in U.S.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - ProNeuron Biotechnologies Inc. on Monday said it was beginning U.S. clinical trials of an ambitious new drug aimed at improving the condition of patients who would otherwise remain paralyzed throughout their lives.
The experimental treatment, ProCord, until now has been tested primarily in Israel, where the small, privately held company is based.
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The Drink-Aide!
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Drink-Aide gives wheelchair users the disABILITY to drink independently!
I got the Drink-Aide about 6 months ago. I love it! It can hold a ton of water, & keep it cool. The Drink-Aide has a suction feature that pulls the water back into the bottle after drinking. My Drink-Aide works great on my chair or beside my bed. Highly Recommended!
-Michael F
Drink-Aide is a cost-effective solution to many caregiver concerns too. It provides a number of practical benefits.
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Christopher Reeve, Scientists Share Honor
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Actor Christopher Reeve, two scientists who discovered an arthritis therapy and a researcher who helped show how cells read their genes have won prestigious medical awards.
The prizes, from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, will be awarded Friday in New York. In the last 11 years, 15 scientists who received one have gone on to win a Nobel Prize.
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Monkey test offers hope to paralysed
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 Scientists in Switzerland have successfully regenerated nerve fibres in the damaged spinal cords of monkeys. The result paves the way for human trials for spinal cord regeneration, which could begin next year.
The treated monkeys, which had suffered paralysis in one hand, regained 80 per cent of the movement they had lost.
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New study may explain spinal cord pain
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A new study by Yale researchers has found a possible explanation for chronic pain in patients with spinal cord injuries.
Conduction of signals in nerve cells is controlled by molecular "batteries" called sodium channels. The study found that injured nerve cells tend to produce more sodium channels that transmit pain signals to the brain, resulting in chronic pain after injury.
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Feeling restored after paralysis
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 Scientists say they have successfully restored feeling to patients paralysed for at least two years. A team from the University of San Paulo in Brazil said 12 out of 30 spinal cord patients responded to electrical stimulation of their paralysed limbs.
The researchers harvested stem cells from the patients' blood, and reintroduced them into the artery supplying the area which was damaged.
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