Showing posts with label stem cell research and blindness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stem cell research and blindness. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Article: Will Stem Cell Bets Pay Off?

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San Francisco Business Times
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$3B question: Will stem cell bets pay off?

Published: April 13, 2012
In the Buck Institute for Age Research's gleaming $36.5 million stem cell research facility, which opens April 14 in Novato, scientists will seek ways to use stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease and regenerate cells to restore sight to glaucoma patients.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

The Independent: Medicine thrown into crisis by stem cell ruling

Medicine thrown into crisis by stem cell ruling
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/medicine-thrown-into-crisis-by-stem-cell-ruling-2372562.html
British medical researchers have condemned a Europe-wide ban on the patenting of stem cell inventions derived from human embryos ? setting back possible new treatments for a range of disorders, from heart disease and diabetes to blindness and Parkinson's.