Paralysed dogs walk again
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Indianapolis - Dogs with paralysed hind legs walked again after getting a shot of a chemical cousin of antifreeze that helped repair nerve cells in their damaged spinal cords, scientists reported.
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A woman who has been paralysed for almost 20 years has started to walk again after scientists injected stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood into her spine.
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INDIANAPOLIS Dec 3, 2004 - Dogs with paralyzed hind legs regained the ability to walk after getting a shot of a chemical cousin of antifreeze that helped repair nerve cells in their damaged spinal cords, scientists reported.
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PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia - Shirley Tompkins and her husband Bob began helping a wounded fox last winter. Now a second also is showing up at their trailer. "A little red fox showed up last February with a broken front left leg, walking on three legs," Shirley Tompkins said.
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When Brandon Ingram was thrown from his car in a highway crash five years ago, he was told he would never walk again. But Ingram gradually regained some feeling below the waist. And now he can take steps with the assistance of a walker.
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Researchers appear to be one step closer to finding a treatment that can reverse paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries. By injecting paralyzed dogs with polyethylene glyco, veterinarians at Purdue University
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It has long been suspected that manâs best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us. Now the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to smell cancer.
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Two humpback whales may have found their way back into the Pacific Ocean through San Francisco Bay after wandering off their migration path for more than two weeks.
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DULUTH, Minn. - Newspaper readers were so touched by the story of a blind police dog named Timber that they paid for an operation to restore his sight.  In fact, they paid for the $2,500 surgery many times over.
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A prized cow that lost a leg in a farm accident in Australia may soon be walking back on all four hooves after medical experts offered to help its owner find an artificial leg.
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By NOEL K. GALLAGHER Staff Writer  As fast as their chubby little bodies would carry them, four young harbor seal pups rescued by the Marine Animal Lifeline were returned to the sea Saturday with a plop! plop! plop! into the surf at Pine Point Beach.
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Barbaro was given a walk in the intensive care unit by his veterinarian, perhaps a sign the ailing Kentucky Derby winner was responding well to treatment for an often fatal condition in his left hind leg.
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Around this time last year, Josie the dog had a broken back, a dislocated hip and internal injuries. A veterinarian suggested putting her to sleep. Instead, the Twedt family decided to skip Christmas presents and use the money to pay Josie's medical bills.
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RICHLAND, Wash. - Faith the service dog phoned 911 when her owner fell out of her wheelchair and barked urgently into the receiver until a dispatcher sent help. Then the 4-year-old Rottweiler unlocked the front door so the responding police officer could come in.
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Walking leashed dogs along woodland paths leads to a significant reduction in the number and diversity of birds in the area, a new study suggests.
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A SOUTH Korean woman paralysed for 20 years is walking again after scientists say they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood.
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By Leslie Fike, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Mar. 2--FORT WALTON BEACH   -- The rescue of a family of seven dogs from a culvert near Baker School ended sadly late Wednesday.   The mother didn't make it through the night.