Tag: Treatments
Defying Western Science, Chinese Biotech Pursues Untested Stem Cell Therapy
Although Beike Biotechnology's promising stem cell treatment is unproven, patients are paying to receive the treatment in China.
Pursuing a controversial medical procedure that shows...
Up-to-minute techniques may let paraplegic walk
Utah woman works hard daily to escape from wheelchair
Four years ago, Maggie Anderson's spine was crushed when the minivan she was riding in...
On a roll for spinal cord research
Four Paraplegic men are literally pushing themselves across the country in a bid to raise $10 million for promising spinal cord injury research at...
Overseas treatment risky
Stem cell procedures lack evidence
PHILADELPHIA — In February, Marcela DeVivo took her baby son to the Dominican Republic and paid $30,000 to have him...
Clinton woman to get stem cell transplant in China
Sonya Watson hasn't walked since a terrifying wreck left her a quadriplegic, but she still dreams of getting out of her wheelchair.
This week, those...
Gene map charts spinal cord mysteries
SEATTLE - A new online atlas that links mouse genes to spinal cord function should point researchers toward new treatments for maladies that affect...
Lab boost for spinal injury rehab
A chemical used by bacteria to invade other cells may boost the chance of successful Rehabilitation from spinal and brain injury, research suggests.
A team...
Stem-cell tourism troubles experts
In February, Marcela DeVivo took her baby son to the Dominican Republic and paid $30,000 to have him injected with blood stem cells from...
‘We plan to bring out innovative tailor-made cells for diseases’
Chennai: Can you gain anything from someone whose job has not been determined? In sports, the guy who sits on the bench can only...
First stem cell trials might start in O.C.
An Irvine company could be the first to win federal approval for clinical trials.
A tiny start-up company in Irvine has a shot at becoming...
