ADAPT will be having its next national action in Nashville, Tennessee, Saturday, March 18, 2006 through Thursday, March 23, 2006. On Sunday, March 19th, ADAPT will be hosting a day documenting the institutional bias in the American long term care system. We are inviting people from throughout the country who have be in nursing homes or other institutions to testify to a panel on how they managed to get out and how their lives have changed. Your support, including financial, is appreciated.

PEOPLE - REAL VOICES - NO MORE STOLEN LIVES

LONDON, England -- British surgeons hope a new procedure using stem cells from the lining of the nose will help mend severed nerves of paralyzed patients and may one day allow them to walk again.

Neuroscientist Geoffrey Raisman discovered 20 years ago that the cells responsible for sense of smell are good at renewing themselves.

When these cells were injected into the spines of rats they appeared to help cure damage to the nervous system.

Now Raisman hopes to transfer that technology to humans, working with patients in clinical trials at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London early next year.