Thursday, March 28, 2024

Tag: Drugs and Medication

Canadians make stem cell breakthrough

Canadian researchers have found what could be a new way to make embryonic-like stem cells, a discovery that could lead to cures for devastating...

Tackling spinal cord injuries

Dr. Ragnarsson is a physiatrist (specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation) and professor and chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Mount Sinai....

Molecules Self-assemble To Provide New Therapeutic Treatments

ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2009) — Researchers in the laboratory of Samuel I. Stupp at Northwestern University have an interesting approach for tackling some major...

Stem cell ‘cure’ boy gets tumour

A boy treated with foetal stem cells for a rare genetic disease has developed benign tumours, raising questions about the therapy's safety. The boy, now...

Microscopic fibers string spinal cord back together

With plans just approved for the first trial to treat spinal cord injuries in humans with embryonic stem cells, a team of Northwestern scientists...

Worcester Warriors’ Latham tells of horror spinal injury

WORCESTER’S Wizard of Oz Chris Latham has spoken for the first time about the spinal injury that caused him to lose feeling in his...

Putting a face on the stem cell argument

SOMETIME SOON, perhaps even this week, President Barack Obama is expected to lift federal regulations on the use of embryonic stem cells in medical...

Paralysed rats ‘cured’ using stem cell treatment

Lab rats with spinal cord injuries have been treated with adult stem cells to reverse their paralysis according to a new study. So-called progenitor stem...

Stem cells used to reverse paralysis in animals

New study found transplantation of stem cells reverses paralysis in laboratory tests Valencia, Spain – A new study has found that transplantation of stem cells...

UCI behind world’s first embryonic stem cell study in humans

FDA approves Geron Corp. clinical trial for spinal cord injury treatment Irvine, Calif., Jan. 23, 2009 A therapy developed at UC Irvine that made paralyzed...