The Derby City Chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association Network- Serving Kentuckiana.
Message From the President
Dear Members & Friends-
In lieu of this month’s meeting we will have our annual Christmas party at Highland Court Apartments; 1720 Richmond Drive at 6:30 on December 19. I hope everyone will come join us for what is sure to be a fun time.
If you need directions, call Buddy at 458-0233 or David at 589-6620.
January’s meeting will be held at 6:30 at Frazier Rehab, 4th floor dining hall. Refreshments will be provided..
- David Allgood
From the Courier-Journal 11/2/05
HUNDREDS JOIN STEM CELL STUDY By Kwang Tae-kim
Seoul, South Korea—For the past few decades, Kim Young-ja lived with the thought she would never walk again.
Seeing what she sees as a chance for a cure, the 55-year-old South Korean joined hundreds of patients who applied yesterday to take part in research with a worldwide stem cell center that hopes to cure hard-to-treat diseases with its trailblazing cloning technology.
“I spent the past 22 years in tears and I had no hope,” said Kim, who was paralyzed from the chest down in a 1983 traffic accident. She is among thousands of people volunteering skin cells to help launch a global center that will grow embryonic stem cells for research. The World Stem Cell Hub, led by cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk, aims to one day help those suffering from ailments such as Parkinson’s disease or damaged spinal cords and who are willing to offer skin tissue for research. But the scientists caution that actual treatment for such ailments is years away. Despite the high hopes of those volunteering for research, scientists don’t even know for sure if such future treatments will work.
The Seoul-based research hub opened October 19 with the aim of serving as the main center for providing scientists around the world with embryonic stem cells. They are master cells that can grow into all kinds of tissues in the body and are seen as a potential source of replacement for people with a variety of ailments.
