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Dr. Jerry Silver and Dr. Yu-Shang Lee: “Nerve Regeneration Restores Supraspinal Control of Bladder Function after Complete Spinal Cord Injury”

A couple years ago Dr. Jerry Silver of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland achieved a big leap in regenerative medicine for spinal cord injury with his work on Functional Regeneration of Respiratory Pathways After Spinal Cord Injury showing that … Continue reading

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Meet the Scientists 2013 at RIRC

This years Meet the Scientists saw a great turnout of dedicated paralysis cure supporters. This forum was an open question and answer session that allowed the community to ask the researchers directly the burning questions. The exciting presentations wrapped with … Continue reading

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Case Western Reserve University shows off research in ‘science fair on steroids’

Case held a special viewing for local economic development companies such as Jumpstart, BioEnterprise and NorTech on Thursday night.  One project the scouts expressed interest in was by Bradley Lang, a graduate student in neuroscience at Case. Lang is part of … Continue reading

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Advocates Advancing a Cure: Stories of Action in 2012

  These online video presentations from the W2W 2012 symposium are only made possible through your generous contributions to U2FP. “Advocates Advancing a Cure” – Bob Yant On June 24, 1981, Bob became a quadriplegic following a diving accident in … Continue reading

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Dr. Jerry Silver, PhD. – Presents Research Updates from 2011 Nerve Bridging Project at Working 2 Walk 2012

These online video presentations from the W2W 2012 symposium are only made possible through your generous contributions to U2FP. Jerry Silver, PhD. Professor, Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University “Functional Regeneration Into and Well Beyond the Glial Scar” Dr. … Continue reading

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Neuroplasticity after spinal cord injury

Professor Volker Dietz, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Spinal Cord Injury Center

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From Goldman Sachs to Walkabout Foundation: Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster

What limits and borders are we faced with as individuals, as a society? Who or what defines these boundaries? What are the results of these demarcations — demarcations as barriers that may even result in scientific and artistic limitations to … Continue reading

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Dr. Ravi Bellamkonda, PhD – Presents at Working 2 Walk 2012

These online video presentations from the W2W 2012 symposium are only made possible through your generous contributions to U2FP. Ravi Bellamkonda, PHD. Walter H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology “Are CNS axons being GAG’ed? Alleviating CS-GAG … Continue reading

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CDRF Board votes to assist an Irvine lab presented at Working 2 Walk 2012

On the heels of last weeks announcement by the ISRT in the U.K. to fund two progressive translational chronic SCI research projects seen at Working 2 walk 2012 in California, comes an announcement this week from CDRF. Peter Wilderotter, CEO … Continue reading

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Mark Tuszynski, MD, PhD. – Presents at Working 2 Walk 2012

These online video presentations from the W2W 2012 symposium are only made possible through your generous contributions to U2FP. Mark Tuszynski, MD, PhD Professor of Neurosciences, Director of the Center for Neural Repair, UC San Diego “Neural Stem Cells for … Continue reading

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