Tag: Medical Research
Hans Keirstead to brief Congress on stem cell research
UCI scientist is behind the field’s first human clinical trial
Irvine, Calif., UC Irvine’s Hans Keirstead – the neurobiologist behind what will be the world’s...
The Whole World Is Watching
Hope—and anxiety—run high as the first clinical trial of embryonic-stem-cell therapy begins this summer.
Six weeks before the hoopla over President Barack Obama's executive order...
Therapeutic Hypothermia Is Promising Strategy To Minimize Tissue Damage
Recognition of the benefits of cooling strategies to protect the brain and spinal cord after traumatic injury has led to a wealth of cutting...
Pinay scientist raises hope for the disabled
Yadong Wang, assistant professor at the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering of Georgia Tech and Emory University, and graduate student Christiane Gumera have developed...
Bone marrow stem cell injections may help cure spinal cord injury
Washington: Injecting a patient's own bone marrow-derived stem cells
into the spinal column using multiple routes can be an effective treatment for spinal cord...
South Florida doctors look to speed up stem cell research
As President Barack Obama eased restrictions on embryonic stem cell research Monday, South Florida scientists said they will pursue the controversial research in their...
Stem cell issues: State could restrict research on embryos
A bill that would limit stem cell research in Georgia and define a living human embryo as a person, has a good chance of...
Obama Is Leaving Some Stem Cell Issues to Congress
WASHINGTON — While lifting the Bush administration’s restrictions on federally financed human embryonic stem cell research, President Obama intends to avoid the thorniest question...
Neuralstem’s Human Stem Cells Integrate into Nervous System of Rats with Animal Model of...
Make Synaptic Contact with Host Motor Neurons
ROCKVILLE, Md., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Transplanted human neural stem cells (hNSCs) developed by Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Alternext...
Stem Cell-ebration
By wide majorities, Americans love stem cell research. According to Gallup numbers 64% find it morally acceptable, and 52% support easing the restrictions or...
