Tag: Hope
Senate OKs stem-cell study
Despite its current financial crisis, the Illinois Senate voted Friday to approve grant funding for embryonic and adult stem-cell research.
Senate Bill 4, which passed...
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...
McKenzie man heads to China for stem cell treatment
McKENZIE - It may be a long shot, but Craig and Sheila Willis believe it's worth taking for the chance that he might one...
‘I think Allison will walk again’
Dr. John Kessler was working in his office when he received word his daughter, Allison, had been seriously hurt in a skiing accident.
Kessler is...
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...
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...
Many spinal cord injuries from crashes
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (UPI) Seventy percent of the 1,500 U.S. spinal cord injuries to minors result from vehicle accidents, and 68 percent were...
No excuses: former LP resident focuses on capabilities, not disabilities
New children’s book is her latest project
Maureen Pranghofer might claim she is just like everyone else, but one look at her life reveals that...
