Scientists in town for stem cell summit

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Sabrina Cohen may wheel from booth to booth with a smile on her face but she hates being confined to a chair.

Her injuries are the result of a car accident when she was a teenager.

"The other car lost control hit the car that I was in and we slammed into a car then hit a tree and I became an instant quadriplegic," Cohen said.

She was paralyzed from the neck down.

"I went from a completely healthy independent teenager to someone who was completely dependent on full time help," Cohen said.

Over the years, she's made strides.

She hopes scientists at the World Stem Cell Summit help her make even more.

"By bringing everybody together and uniting everybody I think we're accelerating the pace to coming to the conclusions that we're looking for," Cohen said.

In her case, she hopes it allows her to walk again.

Some of the biggest names in stem cell research are here.

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Scientists in town for stem cell summit