What’s the Latest in Spinal Cord Injury Technology? Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:59:43 +0000
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) patients come to Burke’s inpatient acute rehabilitation program directly from the hospital/trauma center where they were treated and stabilized to prevent further damage to the spinal cord. Once at Burke, an intensive rehabilitation phase begins. Physical therapy is crucial at this stage, because many of the gains the patient will make… Continue Reading »
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Life goes on after acquired disability Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:22:09 +0000
ON A summer day in 1985, Bruce Stark got up, went to work and became a quadriplegic. Bruce, who is president of the Sunshine Coast’s first independent disability services organization, 121 Care, gives an insight into what it is like to face the challenge of living with an acquired disability. I WAS working as a… Continue Reading »
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Making art out of life’s struggles Sun, 10 Sep 2017 15:32:14 +0000
After becoming paralysed at the age of 22, Gilbert Tan thought his life was over. But perseverance and dedication saw him become a world-renowned artist who paints with the brush in his mouth. SINGAPORE: Gilbert Tan was just 22 years old when a regular visit to a swimming pool ended life as he knew it.… Continue Reading »
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Superman to the rescue Sun, 10 Sep 2017 13:43:20 +0000
Molly’s House awarded $10,000 for spinal cord respite care from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Molly’s House in Stuart has received a $10,000 Spinal Cord Respite Grant from the nationally recognized Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation to serve Treasure Coast and Palm Beach families with members who have spinal cord injuries. The grant allows… Continue Reading »
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Researchers Turn Skin Cells into Motor Neurons Without Using Stem Cells Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:03:06 +0000
Cellular Renovation Why build something from the ground up when one can just renovate an already existing structure? Essentially, that’s what researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis had in mind when they developed a method for transforming adult human skin cells into motor neurons in a lab. They published… Continue Reading »
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Nanoparticles limit damage in spinal cord injury Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:54:44 +0000
Injection after an injury reduces inflammation and scarring After a spinal cord injury, a significant amount of secondary nerve damage is caused by inflammation and internal scarring that inhibits the ability of the nervous system to repair itself. A biodegradable nanoparticle injected after a spinal cord trauma prevented the inflammation and internal scarring that inhibits… Continue Reading »
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Two Adventurers to Swap Wheelchairs for Parachutes Sun, 03 Sep 2017 11:48:02 +0000
‘Skydiving is next on my list’ Tonio Mercieca and Christine Borg will be swapping their wheelchairs for a parachute later this month as they tick off parascending from their bucket list. Parascending and disability are not usually strung in the same sentence, but the two will be proving “it can be done” while raising funds… Continue Reading »
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Virtual Reality Is Now Helping Paralyzed Patients Walk Again Fri, 01 Sep 2017 11:31:01 +0000
Brain Machine Interface plus Virtual Reality plus Exoskeletons, this is all that it takes to trigger the recovery of patients affected by Spinal Cord injuries. A recent study published in the journal known as ‘Scientific Reports’ by researchers at Duke University showed 8 patients, completely or partially paralyzed, who regained some of their muscle activity… Continue Reading »
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Using donor stem cells to treat spinal cord injury Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:09:34 +0000
Immune cells populating spinal cord after injury affect ability of stem cells to promote recovery A new study in mice published in The Journal of Neuroscience details a potential therapeutic strategy that uses stem cells to promote recovery of motor activity after spinal cord injury. The transplantation of neural stem cells could help promote repair… Continue Reading »
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It’s Not a Rat’s Race for Human Stem Cells Grafted to Repair Spinal Cord Injuries Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:36:57 +0000
Lengthy study finds that implanted neural stem cells grow slow and steady, and success needs to be measured accordingly More than one-and-a-half years after implantation, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center report that human neural stem cells (NSCs) grafted into spinal cord injuries… Continue Reading »
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