Using stem cells is controversial because embryonic stem cells are taken from human fetuses.
Earlier this month, Glasgow researchers were planning a “major trial” to test the
, according to the BBC. The United Kingdom approved the trial after the US Food and Drug Administration rejected the proposal from ReNeuron, the company that developed the therapy, two years ago.
According to Medical News Today, “
. However, the rest Read the rest of this entry »
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Salem-News.com
A Clackamas County Deputy Medical Examiner was called to the scene after an unidentified human body was discovered.
(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) – Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputies say they received a report Saturday morning about a missing 46-year old Eagle Creek woman.
Detective Jim Strovink with the Clackamas Sheriff’s Office says later Saturday afternoon, at 2:30 PM, a pick-up truck similar to the vehicle described as being operated Read the rest of this entry »
The move came three days after the inauguration of President Barack Obama, a Democrat who had been expected to rescind some of the federal funding restrictions placed on such research.
The California biotechnology company plans to initiate a clinical trial in patients with acute spinal cord injury.
“This marks the beginning of what is potentially a new chapter in medical therapeutics – one that reaches beyond pills to a new level of healing: the Read the rest of this entry »
In the first known case of what may be transmission of the Ebola virus from a pig to a human, a pig handler in the
has tested positive for a strain of the virus, world health officials and the Philippine government announced Friday.
But the strain — Ebola Reston — is not known to be dangerous to humans, and the worker, who was infected at least six months ago, is healthy, officials said.
The development is worrying, because pigs are Read the rest of this entry »
Proponents say there are cost savings; critics say there are too many risks.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Nowhere in Texas government has the ideological divide over privatization — and the potential pitfalls — been more pronounced than in the arena of health and human services.
Privatization critics say human services are the absolute last government functions that should be hired out. But in the past decade, the Legislature has Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. government approves first human trials of embryonic stem cells
11:05 PM CST on Friday, January 23, 2009
WASHINGTON – In a research milestone, the U.S. government will allow the world’s first test in people of a therapy derived from human embryonic stem cells.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that is has authorized the Geron Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif., to test stem cells derived from human Read the rest of this entry »
Authorities in Masaka District have started investigating allegations that veterinary doctors use chloroquine and quinine to vaccinate chicken and cows against small pox, anthrax, and foot and mouth disease.
Masaka District chairman Vincent Sempijja said there is rampant theft of drugs meant to treat humans from the district medical store allegedly for use by veterinary doctors to treat domestic animals.
“I have received reports that some veterinary Read the rest of this entry »
New York, NY
(NBC) — The Food and Drug Administration has cleared the way for the first-ever human trial of a medical treatment, derived from embryonic stem cells.
The company plans to start testing this embryonic stem cell therapy on patients with spinal cord injuries.
Members of one spinal cord injury peer support group are buzzing about Menlo Park Company’s efforts to use embryonic stem cell therapy on people with spinal cord injuries. Read the rest of this entry »
According to sources close to the selection process, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, was on the short list for Department of Health and Human Services' top position from the very beginning. Now that former Sen. Tom Daschle's withdrawal amid an admission he had not paid taxes on a car and driver leaves the spot vacant again,
that Sebelius is again on the top of the list.
But what do we know about Gov. Sebelius? And does she have the requisite Read the rest of this entry »