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We hope you were able to join for our virtual Earth Day Presentation on April 22nd.

If you missed the presentation, below is information about the presentation, with links to materials and websites of interest, as well as the video of the presentation itself.  It was very informative and is worth...

Andrew was worried. Several years ago, a storm had just cut electricity to the home in Export, PA, that he shared with his parents and his brother, Henry. Both young men suffered from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a neuromuscular illness similar to Stephen Hawking’s.

Electricity powered not only their wheelchairs, but...

Being able to control one’s environment through thought may seem like science fiction, but the advance of technology has brought a new reality to people with paralysis.

ARCS Scholar Nathan Brantly and his research team at University of Pittsburgh are studying neural stimuli in two participants with tetraplegia. Also known as...