From the article: Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that on April 15, 2008, Dr. Mark Hurtt, Chief Medical Officer, will discuss the CETHRIN development program as a member of an expert panel on Spinal Cord Injury Research during a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill focused on “Rapid Advancements in Paralysis Research.” In addition, Dr. Hurtt will… Read More
Ron “Bulldog” Grigsby
My name is Ron Grigsby and I am a traumatic brain injury survivor. I am actively involved with the Brain Injury Association of Washington’s Spokane chapter, as well as a member of the NIBIF. On March 21, 2007, while working as an independent contractor for Blackwater in the Middle East, the convoy I was riding… Read More
Alana Howard
Hello there! My injury is pretty frightening, but my recovery is pretty amazing. There are many answers I’m still trying to figure out regarding the difference between the two. I went sledding with two of my girlfriends from work one night. Long story short, I ran head first into a tree. I fractured my skull… Read More
Bill Shaner
Unintended Consequences July 11, 1989. While it was long ago, I can still close my eyes and relive almost every moment. It started out as a typical summer day and the warehouse my company was building was moving right on schedule. This particular day we would be setting wooden roof trusses with a span of… Read More
Hypothermia Lowers Paralysis Risk?
As we reported in an early article about Promising SCI Studies, one of the major barriers to proper spinal cord healing is the formation of scar tissue in reaction to the injury. It turns out, hypothermia therapy, which had been regarded as a possible immediate treatment for traumatic brain injury, may also be of use… Read More
Clinical Trial: Brain Laser
A new device is currently undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of stroke and other brain injuries. The hand-held device, called NeuroThera, generates a powerful infra-red laser beam to target damaged areas of the brain through the skull. It is thought that by delivering this concentration of energy to inactive mitochondria, these cells will be… Read More