Tag: Drugs and Medication
Stem-cell legislation a turning point for Iowa
In the next few days, the Iowa General Assembly will have the opportunity of a generation: It can improve the quality of life for...
Centocor Successor’s Goal: Stem-Cell Treatments
PHILADELPHIA _ Not in her wildest dreams did Anne Faulkner Schoemaker imagine she would one day run the small Malvern, Pa., company on the...
Stem cell agency awards millions
20 state universities, labs – including UC Irvine – share nearly $45 million.
BURLINGAME -- California's stem cell agency on Friday doled out nearly $45...
Paralyzed men can be fathers
CHICAGO -- In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he’d...
‘Smart’ prosthetics: restoring independence to people with disabilities
People with paralysis can stand and move without a wheelchair. They can operate computers to read email and play video games. Brown University neuroscientist...
Over $40 Million In Stem Cell Grants Awarded
Gov. Schwarzenegger In Burlingame
Feb. 16 - KGO - It was an historic day for stem cell research. The first grants were made today to...
California Stem Cell Debate Goes Back To Court
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- The fight over control of $3 billion worth of funding for stem cell research in California goes back to...
70% of Spinal Cord Injuries in Children Result from Motor Vehicle Accidents; Most Not...
Newswise — Of the nearly 1,500 spinal cord injuries (SCIs) sustained by children age 18 and younger every year, approximately 70 percent are...
Neuronal Differentiation Of Human Neural Stem Cell Grafts In Adult Rat Spinal Cord
Human neural stem cell grafts can show neuronal differentiation in the normal and injured spinal cord of adult rats. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University...
Study: Spinal cord can repair itself
BALTIMORE, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have disproved the long-held theory that the spinal cord is incapable of repairing itself.
The Johns...
