Novartis has begun clinical trials on humans with acute spinal injuries after Swiss scientists successfully re-grew nerve fibres in monkeys’ damaged spinal cords.

It follows extensive research into spinal cord Regeneration at the universities of Zurich and Fribourg, a report on which was published this week in Nature Medicine. Continue Reading »

Sue J. Gross and William H. Gross have made a $10 million gift to UC Irvine to support stem cell research. Two million dollars of the contribution will be immediately allocated to support the Stem Cell Research Center at UCI. The remaining $8 million will come to the university as a matching gift in support of the construction of a proposed Stem Cell Research Center building. UCI plans to apply to the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine for a facilities grant to build the structure when funds from Proposition 71 become available. Continue Reading »