11-04-2001, 07:29 PM
This says it started May 22nd but my husband saw it for the first 2 times yesterday and today on Fox News. It is a public service advertisement on the need for animal research in spinal cord injury cure and is done by former Boston University hockey player Travis Roy. Has anyone else seen this ad or can see the film of it at the below website? I'm still dealing with the tiny laptop.
Sue Pendleton
http://www.fbresearch.org/press-travis-body.html
FBR to Launch New PSA Campaign
Travis Roy, former Boston University hockey player who was paralyzed during his collegiate career, stars in the Foundation for Biomedical Research's national Public Service Announcement Campaign to promote the continued use of animal research for spinal cord injuries. The PSA will be launched May 22.
Travis Roy's life plan changed the night of his first collegiate hockey game. Just seconds into the game, the highly recruited Boston University hockey player hit the boards, fracturing his fourth and fifth vertebra and permanently damaging his spinal cord. Some may say his dream ended that night, but not if you ask Travis Roy.
Since that night, Travis has made amazing strides and written a best-selling book, Eleven Seconds. He is co-producing a movie based on the book with Mark Campbell Productions of Boston.
Five years after his accident, Travis is graduating from Boston University with a degree in Communications, and is serving as spokesman in a public service announcement campaign produced by the Foundation for Biomedical Research. Travis is dedicated to getting his message heard: Animal research is critical to finding a cure for spinal cord injuries.
"Research with animals is the basis for what medical advances may help me walk again," said Travis Roy. "I understand the natural love for animals - I love animals too, but realize the critical role they play in biomedical research," he continued.
"Animal research is absolutely necessary if we have any hope of improving treatment for or curing spinal cord injuries and other serious afflictions. There are no satisfactory alternatives," said Frankie Trull, FBR president.
For example, recent groundbreaking discoveries in rats prove re-growth of damaged spinal cord fibers is possible. Animal research has also contributed to virtually every major medical advance of the last century for not only humans, but for animals, too. Thanks to biomedical research and testing in animals and humans, veterinary researchers in California have perfected surgery for kidney transplants in animals. Advances in reproductive medicine have led to opportunities to save certain species from extinction, and all these advances had their genesis in animal research.
Sue Pendleton
http://www.fbresearch.org/press-travis-body.html
FBR to Launch New PSA Campaign
Travis Roy, former Boston University hockey player who was paralyzed during his collegiate career, stars in the Foundation for Biomedical Research's national Public Service Announcement Campaign to promote the continued use of animal research for spinal cord injuries. The PSA will be launched May 22.
Travis Roy's life plan changed the night of his first collegiate hockey game. Just seconds into the game, the highly recruited Boston University hockey player hit the boards, fracturing his fourth and fifth vertebra and permanently damaging his spinal cord. Some may say his dream ended that night, but not if you ask Travis Roy.
Since that night, Travis has made amazing strides and written a best-selling book, Eleven Seconds. He is co-producing a movie based on the book with Mark Campbell Productions of Boston.
Five years after his accident, Travis is graduating from Boston University with a degree in Communications, and is serving as spokesman in a public service announcement campaign produced by the Foundation for Biomedical Research. Travis is dedicated to getting his message heard: Animal research is critical to finding a cure for spinal cord injuries.
"Research with animals is the basis for what medical advances may help me walk again," said Travis Roy. "I understand the natural love for animals - I love animals too, but realize the critical role they play in biomedical research," he continued.
"Animal research is absolutely necessary if we have any hope of improving treatment for or curing spinal cord injuries and other serious afflictions. There are no satisfactory alternatives," said Frankie Trull, FBR president.
For example, recent groundbreaking discoveries in rats prove re-growth of damaged spinal cord fibers is possible. Animal research has also contributed to virtually every major medical advance of the last century for not only humans, but for animals, too. Thanks to biomedical research and testing in animals and humans, veterinary researchers in California have perfected surgery for kidney transplants in animals. Advances in reproductive medicine have led to opportunities to save certain species from extinction, and all these advances had their genesis in animal research.