Tag: Government
Stepping Out, Standing Tall
A devastating spinal cord injury has spurred an Irish woman to create a new group dedicated to promoting stem cell research. The first person...
Stand Together to End Paralysis Now!
France (TransWorldNews) Stand Together to End Paralysis Now – www.stepnow.org - a spinal cord injury global grassroots initiative launch their first worldwide campaign to...
New Red Cross Training Course Aims to Better Serve People with Disabilities Following a...
Friday, September 29, 2006 — The American Red Cross is rolling out the latest in its series of courses to better prepare employees and...
Qualified Canadians Still Able to Access Medical Marijuana from Health Canada
TORONTO, Sept. 26 /CNW/ - Yesterday the Conservative government announced spending cuts scheduled over the next two years. Funding for academic medical marijuana research...
Study Finds Amendment 2 Will Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of Patients, Reduce Health Care...
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- A newly released study co-authored by a Missouri economist and a public policy expert found that voter approval...
‘I will walk again’
DAP chairman Karpal Singh has been wheelchair-bound since an auto accident last January. During his hospitalisation, he and his family downplayed the severity of...
‘Ethical’ stem cell lines created
Human embryonic stem cell lines have been generated without embryos being destroyed, according to researchers.
A US team created the lines by removing single cells...
CU enters stem cell big league
AURORA - The University of Colorado has scored a $6 million gift from Denver's Gates family and gained a top Texas researcher, two major...
Anti-Ban Billionaires
Billionaire cash has kept embryonic stem-cell research alive--just barely.
Anti-abortion crusaders see research on embryonic stem cells as something akin to murder. Eli Broad sees...
Disabled People ‘Left Behind’ in Emergency Planning
During Hurricane Katrina, Benilda Caixeta, a New Orleans resident with Quadriplegia, tried for two days to seek refuge at the Superdome. Despite repeated phone...
