Tag: Stem Cells

‘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...

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...

Carpenter transforms stem cells, self

Melissa Carpenter of Novocell transforms stem cells and herself. Life is transformed in the stem cell laboratories of Melissa Carpenter. "These cells are the coolest cells...

California Stem Cell Debate Goes Back To Court

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- The fight over control of $3 billion worth of funding for stem cell research in California goes back to...

Neuronal Differentiation Of Human Neural Stem Cell Grafts In Adult Rat Spinal Cord

Human neural stem cell grafts can show neuronal differentiation in the normal and injured spinal cord of adult rats. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University...

Study: Spinal cord can repair itself

BALTIMORE, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have disproved the long-held theory that the spinal cord is incapable of repairing itself. The Johns...

Human Stem Cell Transplants Repair Rat Spinal Cords

Science Daily — Human nerve stem cells transplanted into rats' damaged spinal cords have survived, grown and in some cases connected with the rats'...

Stem-Cell Refugees

Yanks are flocking to China for therapy August, 2002. Chuck Melton, a burly 24-year-old factory worker, is living a good life in southern Illinois. He...

Crash survivor learning to breathe on his own

ROY -- Braden Howe tells jokes, surfs the Internet and makes goo-goo eyes at his nephew, Carter, who squirms and giggles at his uncle's...

Paralyzed Stanley teen vows to walk again

STANLEY -- Kayla Spano's bedroom mirrors that of most other teenage girls. Keepsakes such as homecoming corsages and cheerleading memorabilia crowd the built-in shelves, and...