Tag: Treatments

Senate OKs stem-cell study

Despite its current financial crisis, the Illinois Senate voted Friday to approve grant funding for embryonic and adult stem-cell research. Senate Bill 4, which passed...

Scientists Produce Neurons From Human Skin

ScienceDaily - Scientists from Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine have succeeded in producing neurons in vitro using stem cells extracted from adult human skin....

Firm takes giant step

FOXBORO - Patients with acute spinal cord injuries could regain partial movement and sensation with the first step of what could be a giant...

Stem-cell legislation a turning point for Iowa

In the next few days, the Iowa General Assembly will have the opportunity of a generation: It can improve the quality of life for...

Centocor Successor’s Goal: Stem-Cell Treatments

PHILADELPHIA _ Not in her wildest dreams did Anne Faulkner Schoemaker imagine she would one day run the small Malvern, Pa., company on the...

Stem cell agency awards millions

20 state universities, labs – including UC Irvine – share nearly $45 million. BURLINGAME -- California's stem cell agency on Friday doled out nearly $45...

McKenzie man heads to China for stem cell treatment

McKENZIE - It may be a long shot, but Craig and Sheila Willis believe it's worth taking for the chance that he might one...

Paralyzed men can be fathers

CHICAGO -- In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he’d...

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...

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...