MUOTRI’S ROBOT: The California Stem Cell Program vs. Autism

MUOTRI’S ROBOT: The California Stem Cell Program vs. Autism

By Don C. Reed, author, “CALIFORNIA’S WAR ON CHRONIC DISEASE “Chronic diseases are defined… as conditions that last 1 year or more… they are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States… (as well as the) leading drivers of the nation’s $3.8 trillion...

STROKE: What It Is, and How California is Fighting Back

by Don C. Reed, author “CALIFORNIA’S WAR ON CHRONIC DISEASE, World Scientific Publishing, April 2023 My stroke was a subtraction, a lessening of mental and physical abilities. I heard a soft pop, experienced a slight headache, and — and this was strange — I had to...

SPINA BIFIDA PARALYSIS, AND THE CALIFORNIA STEM CELL PROGRAM

By Don C. Reed December 20, 2023 UPDATE : The study is reopening January 15th to treat an additional 28 patients to determine how well the therapy works (a phase 2 trial). Original article: People ask: what has the California stem cell program done with the money...

To Paul Berg: in Memory

by Don C. Reed An old poem, partly remembered: “A tree is fallen, there is a gap against the sky.” Stanford’s great champion Paul Berg has died. Others are better equipped to understand and share his scientific contribution, how his Nobel Prize-winning work with...

KEVIN MCCORMACK: the Voice of CIRM

In one of life’s great cruelties, Kevin McCormack was taken from us; I imagine he would not like it, if we kicked up too much of a fuss. He might not wish to hear, I suppose, about tears shed on his behalf, He might prefer we lift a glass, remembering him with a...

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