Tag Archives: Stem cells

Wait and see October 13, 2010 Stem cells have been approved for study in humans by the US Food and Drug Administration. The first patient to be part of this study was injected with a stem cell cocktail (emphasis mine) on Monday morning (October 11th). In my brief search, I only found a handful of media outlets covering this story (here and here). The FDA gave the license for this study to Geron, a Silicon Valley biotech company. They are specifically looking to see if their stem cell therapies will help patients who have had spinal cord injuries regain feeling/motor-control/other functions. The first subject of the study is a patient who is partially paralyzed as the result of a recent spinal cord injury. The benefits of stem cell therapies have been boisterously argued over the past several years. (Of course, all of you know that already, ’cause you’re up on … Continue reading →