Tag: Stem Cells
Just the beginning: Embryonic stem cells used on first patient
For the first time, surgeons have injected a spinal cord injury patient with human embryonic stem cells in a federally approved experiment, a biomedical...
We should support stem cell research
I have very strong feelings about the support of stem cell research, and I should – I have a friend whose life could be...
Promise of stem cells fulfilled
clinical trial in Atlanta, Georgia, is proof that informed public debate is the key to medical advance
IF I'm honest, my first reaction to recent...
Human trial to use stem cells to treat spinal cord injury
A patient paralysed through spinal cord injury has become the first person to receive human embryonic stem (ES) cell treatment in a clinical trial...
Everett talks about his recovery from paralysis
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three years ago, a hit on the football field left Kevin Everett paralyzed. He became one of the 300,000 Americans living...
Stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury tested on patient
NEW YORK — Geron Corp. has begun testing an embryonic stem-cell treatment on a patient with spinal cord injuries, marking the first time such...
Geron Starts First Human Embryonic Stem-Cell Study
Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Geron Corp. used a therapy made from stem cells taken from human embryos to treat a patient paralyzed by...
Desperate search for spinal cord injury cure
Imagine the plight of a young person, the sole bread-earner in the family, getting paralysed below the neck as a result of a road...
Stem Cells Repair Damaged Spinal Cord Tissue
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown how stem cells, together with other cells, repair damaged tissue in the mouse spinal cord. The results are...
Second anniversary of Michigan embryonic stem cell research vote
On Oct 4-6, Michigan welcomes the World Stem Cell Summit. Honored at the conference are Governor Jennifer Granholm and Alfred Taubman. Dr. Joseph Kincaid...
