http://www.wingsforlife.com/ The Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation is a privately funded non-profit organization, which follows the principal aim of promoting research worldwide in order to expedite scientific and clinical progress towards a putative cure for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Paralysis. en-en http://www.wingsforlife.com/rss_en.php RSS Feed Engine info@wingsforlife.com (info@wingsforlife.com) admin@wingsforlife.com (admin@wingsforlife.com) http://www.wingsforlife.com/img/logo.gif http://www.wingsforlife.com/ http://www.wingsforlife.com Boosting Schwann cells migration Schwann cells are one candidate cell population for transplantation after a spinal cord injury. They hold a lot of potential both for the bridging of the site of injury and the remyelination of the fibres that lost their myelin sheath. They have the ]]> Stem Cell integration The use of stem cell transplantation in the damaged central nervous system may be a promising repair strategy which is currently being investigated by numerous research groups worldwide. Nevertheless, getting the cells to connect with the right ]]> Gene therapy against demyelination A recent publication in the journal Science reported that gene therapy researchers were able to treat two boys diagnosed with X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (also known as Addison-Schilder Disease), a demyelinating disease that progressively damages ]]> ISPO 2010 Wings for Life will again be present at this year’s ISPO and provide the visitors with an interesting program full of different activities. On Monday, 8 February 2010 at 10.00am a press talk with the attendance of well-known celebrities will take ]]> FES and spontaneous regeneration Electrical stimulation is being used as a therapeutic tool to promote recovery of function following nervous system injury and disease. Practical benefits from Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) in persons with spinal cord injury include an ]]> Eddie Jordan in concert in favour of Wings for Life! Again, Kitzbühel mutated into a superlative hot spot from January 20 to 24, 2010, at the world-famous Hahnenkamm race – the “Monte Carlo of ski sports” presented excellent sporting performances, dozens of top events and a multiplicity of ]]> Wings for Life at the ski race course in Lech-Zürs 5.500 metres difference in altitude and 22 kilometres ski piste had to be conquered on the last weekend at the legendary „Weißer Ring“ race. Among 125 teams in total, many celebrities came to Lech to enter the contest for a good cause. In ]]> “Los Andes”-winner and “Rally Dakar”-favourite supports Wings for Life Cyril Despres is, besides Marc Coma, one of the world’s best rally pilots. He won several notable rally races like the competition Los Andes Extreme 2009. In spite of his many achievements he is aware of the danger of having an accident. This is ]]> Cell regeneration in the CNS How do cells tick? Discovering this secret is currently one of the principal challenges not only for cancer specialists but also for spinal cord researchers. The better one has investigated signal chains and metabolic processes in neurons, the ]]> 48th ISCoS Meeting The session on the prevention of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) organized by Wings for Life during the 48th ISCoS Annual Scientific Meeting that took place from the 21st to 24th of October 2009 in Florence (Italy), gained considerable attention in the ]]> 39th Society for Neuroscience The 39th Society for Neuroscience annual meeting took place from the 17th to the 21st of October in Chicago (Illinois, USA) at the “McCormick Place”. Through lectures, symposia, posters and workshops 40.000 scientists and clinicians experienced ]]> Interview of Prof. Wise Young During the 48th ISCoS Annual Scientific Meeting that was held from the 21st to 24th of October 2009 in Florence, the Wings for Life team (Dr. Vieri Failli and Wolfgang Illek) met the spinal cord injury specialist Prof. Wise Young who was conducting ]]> Wings for Life and the Madrid Supercross united for a good cause On Saturday, 21st November, the Sports Pavilion of the Madrid Community held the Supercross XIX edition that had, for the first time, a solidarity purpose. During the event, 7,500€ were collected for Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation. ]]> Ikarus Night 2009 The renowned „Ikarus Night“ takes place once a year in the exclusive ambiance of the Hangar-7 in Salzburg, and is hosted in support of the Wings for Life Foundation. This event represents the annual culinary highlight for gourmets and ]]> Regeneration achieved in chronic lesions A publication resulting from a direct Wings for Life funding was published this month in the journal Neuron. This unprecedented finding is proving that a combinatorial treatment can successfully promote the regeneration of neurons that were damaged ]]> ISCoS Meeting 2009 The internationally active Austrian Spinal Cord Research Foundation Wings for Life hosted a top-classed manned symposium focusing on „SCI-secondary prevention“ during the 48th ISCoS Annual Scientific Meeting that was held from the 21st to 24th ]]> New Target Offers Hope for Spinal Cord Injury Scars are a mixed blessing in spinal cord injuries—saving a victim’s life, but sealing his fate as a paraplegic. The scar forms a wall around the wound, preventing the injury from spreading, but limiting opportunities for neural regeneration. ]]> Myelin repair A recent publication in the journal Nature Neuroscience sheds a new light in the field of myelin regeneration.   Myelin sheaths, which wrap around axons in every vertebrate brain, function like the cladding on a fibre optic cable, accelerating ]]> Visit of Prof. Zhigang He’s laboratory From October 5th to 14th Prof. Jan Schwab was visiting the research laboratory of Prof. Zhigang He, in the Department of Neuroscience of the Children’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA). To date three projects were funded by Wings for ]]> Timo Scheider did it again Last year’s winner Timo Scheider successfully defended his DTM title in the 2009 season in the A4 DTM. Second place, behind Gary Paffett, at the race on Sunday at “Hockenheim-Ring” was enough for the anew championship victory.   Timo Scheider ]]>