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By Sujata Dutta Sachdeva, April 27, 2007 (Times of India)- Namita's life came to a standstill the day she suffered a spinal cord injury 16 years ago. Bound to a wheelchair all these years, she felt life was passing her by. Namita, who loved the outdoors, couldn't even move without help. But what embarrassed her most was her loss of bowel and bladder control. Depressed, she had almost become a recluse. Then life changed suddenly again after she went for a new stem cell therapy. It worked...

By Jodie Sinnema, April 2, 2008 (Edmonton Journal)- Scott Oster describes himself as a bionic man. With each step he takes using a specialized walker, he pushes a button that sends electrical impulses to the nerves in his legs and allows him to walk despite having no motor and little sensory function below his waist...

April 7, 2008 (UPI) - U.S. researchers say they have created a nano-engineered gel that can enable severed spinal cord fibers to regenerate and grow.

Spinal cord injuries often lead to permanent paralysis and loss of sensation because the damaged nerve fibers can't regenerate, Northwestern University scientists said. Although nerve fibers or axons have the capacity to re-grow, they don't because they're blocked by scar tissue that develops around the injury...