Tag: Diabetes

Stem cell research center opens ‘doors of possibility’

PISCATAWAY -- It looked empty, but the first piece of New Jersey's new stem cell research center filled Saturday with the hopes and expectations...

Centre aims to become stem cell research leader

Canadian businessman Rob McEwen believes that Canada can be at the forefront of medical research with an innovative approach to curing disease. By donating...

Simple Injection Shows Promise for Treating Paralysis

Paralyzed lab rodents with spinal cord injuries apparently regained some ability to walk six weeks after a simple injection of biodegradable soap-like molecules that...

Nanotechnology offers hope for treating spinal cord injuries, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease

Science of tomorrow promises to alleviate suffering from intractable ailments of today WASHINGTON, DC -- Imagine a world where damaged organs in your body—kidneys, liver,...

Gene plays key role in embryonic, adult stem cells

One gene directs both embryonic and adult stem cells to perform the self-renewal function that is crucial in their potential broad use in medical...

Get Mad America, Your Cures are Being Crushed

Senate Bill 5, The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act Of 2007, was just passed in the U.S. Senate. It has been praised by some...

Stingley remembered for determination in face of paralysis

FOREST PARK - Darryl Stingley, paralyzed by one of the most widely known hits in the history of professional football, was remembered Tuesday for...

Paralyzed Stingley remembered for grace

Darryl Stingley, paralyzed by one of the most infamous hits in the history of professional football, was remembered Tuesday for the grace with which...

Embryo ethics

As the debate over stem cell research resumes in Washington this week, the moral principle on which the White House bases its position remains...

Stingley inspired with way he lived after injury Stingley, who died at age 55,...

The former New England receiver, who died Thursday at age 55, lived life as fully as he could while restricted to his wheelchair after...