Lawmakers oppose U of M’s stem cell research plan
Dozens of lawmakers are prepared to stand behind a bill that would deny public money to institutions that conduct research on human embryos. The...
New Insights Into Spinal Cord Injuries
People who suffer a spinal injury can still generate leg muscle activity independent of brain signals, says a study in the new issue of...
Scientists Clone First Human Embryo
Genetically Identical Cells May One Day Cure Disease
Researchers in South Korea say they are the first to successfully clone a human embryo and use...
Human clones verified
For the first time, scientists have achievedhuman "therapeutic cloning," creating human embryos through cloning and extracting stem cells that were thenmorphed into other kinds...
Scientists create human embryos through cloning, extract embryonic stem cells
For the first time, scientists have achievedhuman "therapeutic cloning," creating human embryos through cloning and extracting stem cells that were thenmorphed into other kinds...
Dana Reeve Visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, Dana Reeve, wife of actor Christopher Reeve, a director of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) and...
Severed spinal cord regenerated
Scientists have succeeded in restoring movement to rats paralysed by spinal injuries.
The breakthrough could ultimately lead to new treatments for people who have been...
Chinese Scientists Grow Embryonic Stem Cells To Motor Neurons
Scientists reported Sunday that they coaxed human embryonic stem cells to become spinal Motor neurons, critical nervous system pathways that relay messages from the...
School Uses Cells From Aborted Fetuses
Researchers at the Georgetown University Medical Center, a Catholic institution, are using cells derived from aborted fetuses in medical research.
Catholic doctrine opposes abortion, but...
After spinal cord injury – getting muscles to respond
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (USA)--When someone's spinal cord is completely severed, brain signals can no longer reach the legs to tell the legs to walk.
A...
