REGEN2015: Restoring Movement After Paralysis – A Clinical Success Story
Regenerative Medicine Week - Keynote Lecture
Maren Auditorium, MDI Biological Laboratory
159 Old Bar Harbor Road, Salisbury Cove, ME 04672
Dustin Shillcox was 26 years old when doctors told him he would never move his legs again. In 2010 Dustin suffered a devastating spinal injury as a result of a car accident. But today, Dustin can move his legs and toes thanks to an experimental research study led by Claudia Angeli, Ph.D., a senior researcher at the Human Locomotion Research Center at Frazier Rehab Institute and assistant professor at the University of Louisville’s Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center. Shillcox and Angeli will discuss this dramatic example of how research in regenerative medicine is changing lives. Read more…