Tag: Stem Cells
U.S. behind on embryonic stem cell research
When I taught at Rutgers University, my department chair was Wise Young, a pioneer in spinal chord rehabilitation. The Keck Center, where the 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...
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...
Local woman credits foreign stem cell surgery for recovery
TEMPERANCE, MI -- Cortney Hoffman is on the road to recovery. Nearly seven years ago the then 16-year-old rolled from Temperance her car,...
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...
Bringing Purpose to All Forms of Human Life: Thoughts on Stem Cell Research
Matthew Sanford writes: My wife Jennifer and I have a nine-year-old son named Paul. We are both his biological and everyday parents....
