| Cornell sets scholarship in name of super alum Christopher Reeve | | Posted Thursday, November 23, 2006 12:57:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) _ An endowed scholarship has been established at Cornell University in memory of "Superman" alumnus Christopher Reeve. The scholarship fund will be available to theater, film and English students at Cornell, said Reeve's mother, Barbara Johnson, who announced the scholarship at a private event hosted by Reeve's Class of 1974 on Saturday. .... | |
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| | | Reeve's children continue mission to conquer paralysis | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 6:57:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | Alexandra and Matthew Reeve both serve on the board of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, which Reeve established to fund research for therapies and a cure.LOS ANGELES (AP) - Christopher Reeve's children are carrying on their dad's crusade: finding a cure for paralysis.Alexandra and Matthew Reeve both serve on the board of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, which Reeve established to fund research for therapies and a cure, People magazine reports in its Nov. 13 issue."Our dad's accident really did connect us to this community: 4 million people in the U.S. who are suffering from paralysis," Alexandra Reeve tells the magazine. "We understand how important it is not only to find a cure but also to improve quality of life."She and brother Matthew will join their stepbrother, Will Reeve, 14, at the foundation's annual gala on Nov.... | |
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| | | West Nile infects 10 Carson Valley residents | | Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:58:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | Douglas County's total of West Nile virus cases has risen to 10. In addition to the case of a 34-year-old woman reported in early August, at least two more residents older than 50 have contracted the critical neuroinvasive form of the virus in recent weeks. Three of the cases here have been the milder form, without resulting in encephalitis or meningitis. The remainder of the cases had not been differentiated between the two forms of the disease that are reported. The number of West Nile virus cases reported in Nevada has risen significantly this month, from 42 to 55 in the past week, according to Martha Framsted, spokeswoman for the Nevada Health Division. The first serious case in Douglas County, in a woman under 50 years old, was reported Aug.... | |
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| | | Brain implants for paralysis victims | | Posted Saturday, July 22, 2006 12:57:36 AM by Blog57 Team | | VANCOUVER -- A team of U.S. researchers has published the results of their work on helping people with severe paralysis perform basic tasks using a computer chip implanted directly onto the surface of the human brain, which allowed test subjects to open email, watch television, and even play Pong! by simply thinking about it. The study will be published in the July 13, 2006 issue of the science journal Nature, and include results from clinical trials of the BrainGate Neural Interface System, developed by Massachusetts-based Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems Inc. Global National Online Extras» Jennifer Tryon reports» How does BrainGate work?» More Global National News BrainGate's first patient was a 25-year-old Massachusetts man, Matthew Nagle, who suffered a severe spinal cord injury and has been paralyzed from the neck down since 2001.... | |
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