To help close this critical funding gap, the Reeve Foundation and Spinal Research issued an open call for projects studying new or repurposed drugs and biologics, nonclinical work for medical devices, ...

Sharon M. Abdalla, a social worker at Mercy Medical Center an facilitator for the spinal cord injury support group at Mercy. Participant Michael Collins, of East Longmeadow, is in the background.

(1) To describe the support given to persons with spinal cord injuries (SCI) by their partners, (2) to describe the perceived burden of support by partners and (3) to examine predictors of perceived ...

When an 18-wheeler accident left Magui Dunn with a spinal cord injury, she and her husband, Charles Dunn, wanted to find a support group for victims like her. What they did not expect to find, however ...

Scar-forming cells called astrocytes play a key role in repair and regrowth following spinal cord injury, says a new mouse study. It was thought that astrocytes were responsible for blocking neuronal ...

PITTSBURGH -- Former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier is helping those impacted by the same injury that took his NFL career. Three years ago, Shazier's life changed after a hit against the ...

When you choose the University of Utah Health for you or your family member’s spinal cord injury rehabilitation, you are choosing a program that marshals the resources of an entire university and ...

Three male patients suffering from partial or complete paralysis from the waist down were able to walk again for limited periods—with aid—after receiving a novel combination of electrical spinal cord ...

A research finding in mice that the drug gabapentin improved rehab compliance after spinal cord injury led scientists to a related, unexpected discovery: Injured mice that didn't receive gabapentin ...

Two local residents who suffered spinal cord injuries when they were teenagers have started a new support group. Paul Pateracki and Lynn Simoneau met by chance in the parking lot of a grocery store ...