RT Book, Section A1 Field-Fote, Edelle C. SR Print(0) ID 1136467720 T1 Preface T2 Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation YR 2009 FD 2009 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780803617179 LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1136467720 RD 2024/03/28 AB We live in a time that is ripe with possibilities. Advances in technology, pharmacology, and biomedical sciences have positioned us on the brink of unparalleled discoveries that are sure to transform the lives of individuals with disability. Then again, we are not quite there. In the past 15 years, in the field of spinal cord injury research alone, there have been countless millions of dollars spent on basic and clinical trials of pharmacological and cellular transplantation approaches aimed at restoration of neural function. Studies of stem cells, fetal tissue transplants, activated macrophages, and olfactory ensheathing glial cells, just to name a few. Despite amazing progress, there are still critical pieces to the puzzles of neurologic restoration that remain mysterious.