by Amy Adams on May 5, 2011 at 9:55AM | 2 comments
From the editor: Yesterday the CIRM governing board approved a $25 million loan to help fund a trial testing the use of an embryonic stem cell-derived therapy for spinal cord injury. Here's our press release. Our guest blogger Roman Reed was injured in a football accident and has since fought tirelessly for spinal cord injury research.
Yesterday's announcement that CIRM will help fund the Geron spinal cord injury Human Trials ensures that paralysis cure will have it's day!
by Amy Adams on March 15, 2011 at 12:34PM | 1 comment
We've posted quite a bit about the Geron trial testing an embryonic stem cell-derived therapy for spinal cord injury. Now Palo Alto-based StemCells Inc has started a trial in Switzerland testing a tissue-specific stem cell therapy. The company announced that they'll be enrolling 12 people who have no feeling below their injury in this initial safety trial.
by Amy Adams on October 11, 2010 at 2:53PM | 0 comments
Today Geron announced that the first patient had been treated in their groundbreaking trial based on human embryonic stem cells.
At first blush: Woo hoo!! This is the first test of technology that holds hope for millions of people living with spinal cord injury and other diseases.
