The intense desire for a “cure” in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) has resulted in the
transplantation of stem cells and embryonic and other cell types into the injured spinal cord …

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VIEWPOINT The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 21 June 2004 180 10 637-639 …

Over the past few years, it has become possible for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) to
purchase experimental treatments, often involving transplantation of 'stem cells' or other …

Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a significant life event, one that often defines a fixed
time point: life before SCI and life after it. However, the rise of new neuroprostheses may …

Acute spinal cord injuries are life-changing events that lead to substantial morbidity and
mortality, but the role of cell-based treatment for these injuries is unclear. Cell therapy is a …

Priebe MM, Chiodo AE, Scelza WM, Kirshblum SC, Wuermser LA, Ho CH. Spinal cord injury
medicine. 6. Economic and societal issues in spinal cord injury. This self-directed learning …

Lima and colleagues recently reported the results on 20 patients with chronic sensorimotor
or motor complete spinal cord injury (SCI) after they performed partial scar removal and …

Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are life-changing events that often irrevocably alter the lives of
injured individuals and their family members. There are more than 300,000 people living …

Abstract In early 2009, President Obama overturned the ban on federal funding for research
involving the derivation of human embryonic stem cells (hESC). The Food and Drug …

Background. Cellular transplantation for subacute and chronic spinal cord injury (SCI)
continues to proceed around the world, but clinicians and patients have only 10 English …