Friday, March 29, 2024

Tag: Medical Technology

Scientists Clone First Human Embryo

Genetically Identical Cells May One Day Cure Disease Researchers in South Korea say they are the first to successfully clone a human embryo and use...

Therapeutic Cloning Prompts Call for Ban

First Human Cloning to Obtain Stem Cells Sparks Calls for Ban on All Cloning in United States SEATTLE Feb. 12 — In a clash of...

Stem Cell Research Offers Hope For Some

KIRKLAND - Hal Newsom never knows if he's going to have a good day or a bad day. "Every day in my life I go...

Researchers: Don’t try to clone babies

The South Korean researchers who made history this week in creating human embryos through cloning and extracting viable stem cells say they adamantly oppose...

Dana Reeve Visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, Dana Reeve, wife of actor Christopher Reeve, a director of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) and...

Current Interventions 2004

Drug Therapy Effective drug therapy for spinal cord injury first became a reality in 1990, when methylprednisolone, the first drug shown to improve recovery from...

Chinese Scientists Grow Embryonic Stem Cells To Motor Neurons

Scientists reported Sunday that they coaxed human embryonic stem cells to become spinal Motor neurons, critical nervous system pathways that relay messages from the...

Spinal Cord Regeneration

For successful Regeneration to occur following spinal cord injury, several things must happen. First, damaged nerve cells and supporting cells must survive or be...

Phase II Trials of ProCord

Proneuron Biotechnologies Teams with Craig Hospital in Denver to Expand IND Phase II Trial of ProCord for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries to...

New study may explain spinal cord pain

BY PAULA BRADY - Staff Reporter A new study by Yale researchers has found a possible explanation for chronic pain in patients with spinal cord...