Research focuses on developing effective treatments for a range of currently incurable diseases, such as cancer, arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, as well as neurotrauma.
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In a report presented last month in Toronto at the Third International Neurotrauma Symposium, Steeves said his group used an antibody that targeted myelin and attached to it enzymes that disrupted the myelin coat.
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Additionally, longitudinal research bridging SMs and Veterans with neurotrauma is fragmented and incompletely linked with the strategic needs and vision of the Departments of Defense ( DoD ) and Veterans Affairs ( VA ).
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The substance, interleukin-10, might someday replace that standard drug, methylprednisolone, or be used in combination with it, he and colleagues suggest in the October issue of the Journal of Neurotrauma.
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The five year'Spinal Cord Injury & Physical Activity ( SCIPA ) program was funded as part of the Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative, and was designed to examine the impact of exercise in spinal cord rehabilitation.
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:From Dr . Bizhan Aarabi, director of neurotrauma at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center & mdash; approximately 20, 000 people are killed by gunshot wounds to the head each year in the United States.
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"It's hugely exciting, " said Dr . Brian Andrews, who chairs the neurotrauma program of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, which is meeting in Seattle and was to hear a presentation on the new drug.
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The "'Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium "'or "'CENC "'is a federally funded research project devised to address the long-term effects of mild traumatic brain injury in Dr . David X . Cifu of the Virginia Commonwealth University.
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The drug " has a number of very interesting features, although it's a relatively small study ( sample ), " said Dr . Brian T . Andrews, a neurosurgeon at the University of California in San Francisco who heads the congress'neurotrauma section and was not involved in the project.
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Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is the only award recipient who has been recognized twice by the Society and the Foundation for her courage and dedication toward raising awareness for neurotrauma as well as her role in healthcare reform; she was awarded a Beacon of courage and dedication and Pioneer in healthcare policy award by the Foundation and the Society.
