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In a "dramatic" breakthrough that has positive implications for Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, researchers have transformed ordinary mouse skin cells directly into functioning nerve cells,...

Most injured turtles are never spotted, and die at sea. The lucky ones are taken to the Turtle Hospital in the Florida...

Of the ten men on the court to play wheelchair basketball, none is older than 26, each has lost at least one limb in...

Women who take folic acid supplements for at least one year before they become pregnant may cut their risk of having a premature baby...

Any list of the top achievements in science and energy is a list that glows with promise and hope. During the year 2008 we...

At the Tennessee elephant sanctuary, where animals usually pair up with each other, one elephant instead has formed a lasting bond with Bella the...

Monkeys were able to overcome wrist paralysis with an experimental device that might lead to new treatments for patients with stroke and spinal cord...

UK researchers have used strands of silk-like fiber to create a scaffold that prompted nerve cells to grow. The hope is that the silk...

http://video.boston.cbslocal.com/global/video/videoplayer.js?rnd=841317;hostDomain=video.boston.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=385;playerHeight=288;isShowIcon=true;clipId=6839120;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=CBS.BOSTON%252Fworldnowplayer;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=fixed Christopher Reeve, a quadripelegic since his traumatic fall from a horse resulted in the severing of nerves in his spinal cord, always held...

It appeared suddenly. Blackness blotted out my vision. A moment before, I'd focused on the cards that I held. Now I was blind. Then--like...