Tag: Stem Cells
The Real Truth about Stem Cells
Spinal Cord Injuries affect millions of individuals worldwide. The cost to the patient, family, and society is enormous both from a financial and emotional...
Experimental Therapy Could Offer New Way To Treat Spine Damage
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – An experimental therapy that combines stem cells and gene therapy to repair spinal cord injuries in rats may lead to a...
UofL Scientist Says Embryonic Stem Cells Key To Healing Spinal Cord Injuries
(LOUISVILLE) -- Days after Senate Majority Leader Bill First's pledge to support federal funding for research on human embryonic stem cells, scientists at the...
Actor Michael J. Fox urges Senate to support stem cell bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Actor Michael J. Fox is pushing Congress hard to lift President Bush's restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.
"Embryonic stem cell research...
Researchers Identify Genes That Foster Blood Cell Development From Stem Cells
For a child with leukemia or lymphoma, a donation of umbilical cord blood can be a lifesaver. But cords contain only a small amount...
StemCells grants license to ReNeuron, receives stake in UK stem cell co
California-- StemCells, Inc. has entered into an agreement with ReNeuron, a privately- owned UK biotech corporation. The agreement enables ReNeuron to exploit its “c-mycER”...
New NIH director says research will change face of U.S. medicine
DETROIT - (KRT) - Dr. Elias Zerhouni has begun his third year as director of the National Institutes of Health, the country's leading medical...
IS IT WORTH BANKING YOUR BABY’S CORD BLOOD?
When Lisa Recker was pregnant, she was inundated with ads touting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make the "best investment" in the future health of...
Insulting Their Injuries
When President Bush Says Stem Cell Research ‘devalues Life,' What Is He Telling The Gravely Injured Troops Back From Iraq?
More than 12,000 soldiers...
A father apart with lots of heart
For Brian Vail of Mount Gilead, the answer has been to live for 10 years with the debilitating Lou Gehrig's Disease, or amyotrophic lateral...
