PARTICIPATION IN CLINICAL STUDIES. OR LACK THEREOF. As I sit here staring at the rain falling outside my bedroom window I noticed that as quickly as it began it has gone away and the sun is shining. I am sure there is a specific meteorological reasons for this which I have no idea about but…
According to the NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SPINAL CORD STATISTICS there are currently 270,000 recorded spinal cord injuries in the US alone. Increasing at a rate of 12,000 annually our particular percentage of the population is minuscule (1). Which leads to the first pitfall for US stem cell research for SCI (spinal cord injury): Because of…
Daughter of Quadriplegic’s Letter to Ellen DeGeneres My oldest daughter took it upon herself to write Ellen DeGeneres and I have taken the liberty to place it here. Something about the way she writes always moves me. To help out go here. Daughter of Quadriplegic’s Letter to Ellen DeGeneres: Hello there Ellen! I am a typical…
