Tag: Cancer
Antibody Block Helps Regenerate Spinal Cord
An Antibody treatment that neutralizes a nerve growth inhibitor has repaired damaged spinal cords in rats and could do the same in humans.
Researcher Lisa...
Tissue-Protective Cytokine Technology in Neurologic Injury
OSSINING, N.Y., July 8/PRNewswire/ -- Warren Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Warren), a company engaged in developing novel treatments for devastating injuries and diseases, today announced the...
Patients Speak Out on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, June 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, patients gathered for a press conference on Capitol Hill to echo the Congressional calls on President Bush...
Lawmakers in U.S. House Propose to Expand Stem-Cell Funding
June 23 (Bloomberg) -- A Republican and a Democrat in the U.S. House introduced a measure that would lift President George W. Bush's limits...
Medtronic Announces FDA Approval of Smaller Implantable Drug Pump for Chronic Pain, Severe Spasticity
New programmable pump features greater accuracy, larger reservoirs and longer refill intervals, making treatments more convenient and easier to manage
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT), today announced...
Cambridge Opens Embryo Stem Cell Center
LONDON - Cambridge University said Monday it will open a center for human embryonic stem cell research to develop treatments for currently incurable diseases...
Senate bill raises hopes of stem cell research proponents
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A state Senate bill drafted in response to former First Lady Nancy Reagan's plea for more stem cell research has raised...
Stem-cell research flourishes
Amid controversy and federal limits, study goes on in the region. New Jersey will even fund an institute, but a Pa. abortion law deters...
Paralysis pioneer
A Chinese neurosurgeon's experimental operation using fetal cells is giving paraplegics hope but stirring medical and ethical concerns.
Strolling briskly through the dim halls of...
Chinese doctor treat paralysis with fetal cells
BEIJING - Strolling briskly through the dim halls of Chaoyang Hospital, neurosurgeon Huang Hongyun says his pioneering medical work using fetal cells to treat...
