Tag: Treatments

New Avenues of Research Open for Treating Spinal Cord Injuries

Concerted National Effort Needed To Develop New Therapies Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Recent discoveries about the Central Nervous System's capacity for Regeneration and repair...

The Pope and Parkinsons – (Stem Cells)

Pope John Paul II was, given his condition, incredibly strong. Yet, slowly, Parkinson’s’ disease took its predictable progressive course. The disease is caused by a...

Maryland must explore stem cells’ promise

OVERWHELMING scientific opinion supports embryonic stem cell research, and many believe it has the potential to revolutionize medicine. The American Medical Association and the National...

Blue bracelets – a step toward a cure?

For Chaz Southard, hope exists in the form of a blue plastic bracelet. "People naturally ask why you're wearing the bracelet and what it's for,"...

Moving Stem Cells Front and Center

IRVINE, Calif. - Hans S. Keirstead might be the Pied Piper of stem cells - and not just because he makes rats walk. He...

Stem-cell research still an embryonic business

Whoever learns to control embryonic stem cells that can morph into healthy human cells could be standing on a gold mine: Four million Americans...

Helping to heal complications from spinal cord injury

By: News-Medical in Medical Research News A London scientist has received a major grant to help improve the quality of life for individuals with spinal...

Spine therapy works on dogs, may help humans

By Lee Bowman, Scripps Howard News Service Researchers have successfully tested injections of a liquid polymer to heal spinal injuries in dogs in an experiment...

A Stem Cell Christmas Miracle?

A report earlier this week that South Korean researchers have used stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood to help a woman with a...

California’s New Stem-Cell Initiative Is Already Raising Concerns

By JOHN M. BRODER - New York Times LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 - As California moves to begin a lushly financed program of embryonic stem...