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…
