Geron Corporation, who we mentioned in a previous article, has just received a payment of $1.5 million from Exeter Life Sciences, Inc as part of a joint effort between the companies to continue further stem cell research. Geron is expected to be the first US company to complete human stem cell trials for the treatment… Read More
Matthew Lamb
Car accident. I was driving an ’05 toyota corolla and the other car involved was an ford f450. I was at a stop sign making a left turn and in the mist I was struck on the driver’s side by the other vehicle. Police ivestiGators estimate me Going between 10-20 mph and the truck to… Read More
FDA Discussing Stem Cells
The FDA is finally taking the first steps toward human trials of embryonic stem cell treatments. They held conferences Thursday and Friday to discuss creating a blueprint for the system. Apparently, their main concern is possible side-effects of the treatments, chiefly the long-term risk of tumors. Geron (http://www.geron.com/) was to submit the first proposal for… Read More
The Importance of Art
According to Bill Richards, founder of The Art Studio at the Northeast Center for Special Care, the process of creating art can have a very profound effect on our lives. Since opening the studio nine years ago, Richards has seen the lives of many traumatic brain injury survivors changed by the simple process of painting… Read More
Congress to be Briefed on Cethrin® Trial
From the article: Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that on April 15, 2008, Dr. Mark Hurtt, Chief Medical Officer, will discuss the CETHRIN development program as a member of an expert panel on Spinal Cord Injury Research during a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill focused on “Rapid Advancements in Paralysis Research.” In addition, Dr. Hurtt will… Read More
Ron “Bulldog” Grigsby
My name is Ron Grigsby and I am a traumatic brain injury survivor. I am actively involved with the Brain Injury Association of Washington’s Spokane chapter, as well as a member of the NIBIF. On March 21, 2007, while working as an independent contractor for Blackwater in the Middle East, the convoy I was riding… Read More