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Friday, June 26, 2009 - Posts

• How do Twitter, Twilight and Affliction benefit the Foundation?

  We saw the story online earlier this week that Affliction (the very cool clothing store -- think dark and powerful, worn by elite athletes, heaviest bands, A-listers -- was donating money to the Foundation in honor of Peter Facinelli's (of Twilight Read More posted Friday, June 26, 2009 10:21 AM by gerthro | 1 Comments

• The mystery of syringomyelia

  The Discovery Health Channel has a show called Mystery Diagnosis. During it they try to help someone diagnose his or her ailment that, up until then, has stumped medical professionals. They are looking for an individual or family affected by syringomyelia Read More posted Friday, June 26, 2009 9:55 AM by gerthro | 0 Comments Filed Under: Quality of Life

• Enhance nerve regrowth

  Like a spinal cord injury, stroke results in damage to the central nervous system.  Also as in spinal cord injury, recovery from stroke is limited by the ability of surviving neurons to form new connections. Larry Benowitz and colleagues have been Read More posted Friday, June 26, 2009 9:20 AM by gerthro | 0 Comments Filed Under: Research News