Talk Show with Joe Cortez and Dr Oswald Steward Ph.D.

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Together Dr Os and Joe Through the talk show "Hope In The Horizon" are joining forces to bring awarness to stem cell research and all the amazing work that is taking place at the Reeve-Irvine Research Center.

Dr Os and his colleges at the center are dedicated to finding a cure for those that suffer from paralisis. This Weekly show

"Hope In The Horizon" will also give you an inside look of the faces and the minds that are tirelessly working to give hope to those with spinal cord injuries.

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About the Hosts ...

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Joe Cortez "World Boxing Hall Of Fame" Referee

Dr. Oswald Steward Ph.D.

International Boxing referee Joe Cortez knows what it means to be a champion. He should, after winning 6 "Golden Glove Championships", becoming a professional boxer, being inducted into the "World Boxing Hall Of Fame" and refereeing some of the greatest champions of all time. But if you ask Joe who he thinks the real champion is, he will tell you it's his daughter Cindy.

Cindy, who is a quadriplegic and role model, is no doubt Joe's worlds greatest champion!

Dr Oswald Steward, Ph.D. professor in departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Nuerobiology and behavior and Neurosurgery.

Dr. Steward's research focuses on how nerve cells create and maintain their connections with each other, how these "synapses" are modified by experience and injury, and what genes play a role in nerve cell regeneration, growth and function.A long standing interest is in the mechanisms of mRNA sorting and transport in neurons, especially the targeting of mRNA to synaptic sites on dendrites.

Dr Steward has been working endlessly for over 30 years in trying to find a cure for those who suffer from spinal cord injuries.

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Joe and Sylvia Cortez along with their daughter Cindy

Joe is now fighting the biggest battle of his life. He is working along with his wife Sylvia and
the Reeve - Irvine Research Center to help find a cure for those who suffer from spinal cord injuries.

Joe and Sylvia Cortez have been advocates for stem cell research and active supporters of the Reeve-Irvine Research center since 1999. They beleive there will one day be a cure!

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Talk Show with Joe Cortez and Dr Oswald Steward Ph.D.

Episode One: Physical Therapy with Dr Kelli Sharp

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