Must Watch Video: Quad with badass chef's knife (and skills)

You gotta check out this video of Chris Colwell, a C5-6 quadriplegic who recently moved to Dubai, who has the best knife skills I’ve ever seen a quad possess. Watch here

What the Geron stem cell trials mean to me

If you’ve glanced at the news lately, it seems the time is nigh for a for a spinal cord injury (SCI) cure. What’s the world buzzing about? The FDA giving Geron (a bio-med corporation in California) the go-ahead to begin the first ever human trials in the United States...

New Cannabis-like Drugs Could Block Pain Without Affecting Brain

The research demonstrates for the first time that cannabinoid receptors called CB2, which can be activated by cannabis use, are present in human sensory nerves in the peripheral nervous system,...

Scientists skeptical of banking baby teeth - Yahoo! News

There's a new high-tech version of the tooth fairy, but some scientists aren't ready to bite. Austin-based startup company BioEden Inc. has opened the nation's first baby tooth bank, which harvests and freezes stem cells from a tooth's pulp. The hope is that the cells may...

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