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Thursday, May 21, 2009 - Posts

• Party with us at Abilities Expo in Anaheim

  Since it's summer-like weather around here almost all time, we Southern Californians don't really slip between seasons. But let's have a party anyway. Join us May 30 at the Anaheim Hilton, 5 p.m., just after the doors close at the Abilities Expo. Read More posted Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:56 AM by gerthro | 0 Comments Filed Under: Events and Workshops

• You have a rooting interest in Indy 500

  Sam Schmidt, forming Indy car driver and current Indy car owner, had his car qualify with just five minutes to go on Pole Day. Sam is a good friend of the Foundation. He was spinal cord injured on Jan. 6, 2000, in an Indy Car testing crash at Walt Disney Read More posted Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:20 AM by gerthro | 1 Comments

• Making stem cells obey

  The use of stem cells as a way to replace damaged cells following an injury is being pursued by laboratories across the world.  But controlling the fate, or direction, of these cells is tricky.  That is, how do you instruct or direct a precursor Read More posted Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:46 AM by gerthro | 0 Comments Filed Under: Research News