Category Archives: Spinal Cord Injury Treatment

Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital team up on new federally funded artificial-intelligence research. PROVIDENCE A team from Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital has embarked on novel research with a goal of helping to restore bladder control and limb movement to individuals living with spinal-cord injuries, the school announced on Thursday Continue reading →

Dr. Michael Fehlings didn't even know he was nominated for theaward. But on Friday, New ZealandPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern presented the Canadian researcher with the 2019 Ryman Prize Continue reading →

Floating face down in a Michigan lake, unable to move any part of his body, Scott Fedor knew death was coming. It was July 3, 2009, and the 33-year-old marketing executive had just dived off a pier into a shallow spot in Coldwater Lake, behind the vacation cottage where he was spending the holiday with his wife and in-laws. Hed splashed headfirst many times before in that same spot, but this time was different. Continue reading →

CLEVELAND Ground-breaking, life-changing research is happening at MetroHealth Medical Center when it comes to spinal cord injuries and giving people function back. Dr. Kim Anderson is on the team of about two dozen researchers and physicians working on the technology, which is an electrical stimulation device that gets implanted within the body Continue reading →

Fisher House Will Provide Free, Temporary Lodging to Military & Veteran Families HUNTINGTON, WV, Oct. Continue reading →

Twenty million Americans suffer from peripheral nerve injuries, which can be caused by traumas such as combat wounds and motorcycle crashes as well as medical disorders including diabetes. Continue reading →

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American and TASE: LCTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel cell therapies for unmet medical needs, announced today that updated results from a Phase I/IIa study of its lead product candidate, OpRegen, a retinal pigment epithelium cell transplant therapy currently in development for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration (Dry-AMD), will be presented at the 2019 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting (AAO 2019), to be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA (October 12-15, 2019). The abstract presentation, entitled, Phase 1/2a Study of Subretinally Transplanted Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived RPE Cells in Advanced Dry-Form AMD Patients will be presented as part of the OP07 Retina, Vitreous Original Paper Session on Monday, October 14th, 2019 between 9:45am 11:00am Pacific Time by Eyal Banin, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Ophthalmology, Director, Center for Retinal and Macular Degenerations, Department of Ophthalmology at Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center (abstract number PA039). Continue reading →

Photos by Laurel SmithStory by Ericka Kelly The Roaring Fork Valley, as do other affluent regions of Colorado, has a plethora of resources as diverse as its population. One demographic of individuals who benefit from these resources are individuals who have sustained spinal cord injuries, such as Carbondale native Amanda Seubert. Continue reading →

For close to two months now, Kim Martin has has been in the intensive care unit at the Galway University Hospital in Ireland. The veteran scuba diver, who lives in Baysville, Ont, is paralyzed from the chest down and needs the help of machines to breathe aftera diving accident. Continue reading →

A hero diver on life support in an Irish hospital following an underwater accident was due to marry his partner on his return to Canada. Elite diver James Kim Martin, from Baysville, Ont., is in intensive care at University Hospital Galway after he was paralyzed following a dive on Aug Continue reading →