New advancements in assistive technology have offered many veterans with spinal injuries a new lease on life. Due to innovations in robotics, many men and women who were paralyzed during their service ...

SOMEDAY IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. ONE, TWO, THREE. STANDING TALL IS SOMETHING KEITH SMITH WILL NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED. THE ABILITY WAS TAKEN FROM HIM 14 YEARS AGO WHEN A MOTORCYCLE ...

In what's being hailed as a breakthrough in spinal cord injury research, four men paralyzed from the chest down have risen from their wheelchairs on their own volition and effort. "I can stand up for ...

WASHINGTON – Marine Corps veteran Brittany Elliott was paralyzed from the chest down in an auto accident but was able to walk again with a robotic exoskeleton provided to her in a clinical trial ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a form of stem cell therapy that "reverses" paralysis. Though the treatment has only seen a 50% success rate so far, two of the four people who received it have ...

A man who was paralyzed from the neck down after a surfing accident seven years ago is now able to stand and walk on his own, thanks in part to a potentially groundbreaking stem cell treatment. Chris ...

LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Helping a person who uses a wheelchair to be able to stand and even walk is the goal of research at the University of Louisville that just received a $6.3 million grant. It ...

(NEW YORK) — A Texas man was able to stand for his wedding ceremony and spin his wife around the dance floor six years after becoming paralyzed, thanks in part to an experimental implant in his spine.