The Amputee Coalition recently announced Christa Berry, of Livermore, Calif., as the 2016 recipient of the Christina Skoski, MD, Scholarship. Berry is 18 years old and will attend Mount Holyoke College to major in biology. Christa Berry The Christina…
Month: July 2016
JRRD to be phased out; new home for veteran rehabilitation research
The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development is being phased out and manuscript submissions are no longer being accepted, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The final print edition will occur in Sept. 2016. The…
Reprogrammed cells from diabetic foot ulcers could be used to treat chronic wounds
Researchers recently established that skin cells from diabetic foot ulcers can be reprogrammed to acquire properties of embryonic-like stem cells. The induced pluripotent stem cells could eventually be used to treat chronic wounds. Study results are published online ahead of…