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ON CHOOSING A PRESIDENT: the Environmental Vote

ON CHOOSING A PRESIDENT: the Environmental Vote

ON CHOOSING A PRESIDENT: the Environmental VoteBy Don C. ReedFor 15 years, (1972–86) I was an oceanarium diver for Marine World Africa USA, in Redwood City, California. Every day I worked among the sharks, dolphins, eels, seals and killer whales; I swam through beams...

OF CROCODILES, MIKE JOHNSON, AND STEM CELL RESEARCH

By Don C. Reed As a long-time supporter of stem cell research, I was worried when social conservative Mike Johnson (R-LA) was chosen as the new Speaker of the House. He has a persuasive voice like the radio performer he once was, and a gentle smile: in short, he is a...

AUTISM: the Thief of Speech

AUTISM: the Thief of Speech

By Don C. Reed Imagine a beloved infant child, and he/she smiles at you — but there is something wrong. You wait for the precious little words, the garbled “baby talk” which will gradually polish into speech — but it doesn’t come. Autism is an array of “developmental...

The Culprit of Aging

By Don C. Reed Dr. Helen Blau of Stanford is attempting something seemingly impossible: to treat aging as a disease; to lessen the devastation of old age; to recover strength, muscle mass, and endurance—for people already old. According to Dr. Blau, a typical person...

ANGELMAN’S DISEASE

ANGELMAN’S DISEASE

By Don C. Reed Imagine you are an infant, and your Mom or Dad is trying to bottle-feed you. The nipple is placed between your lips — now what happens? You suck and swallow, right? But sucking (into the mouth) and swallowing (gulping it down) are two separate...

Fighting Multiple Chronic Conditions

Fighting Multiple Chronic Conditions

By Don C. Reed First, a seeming digression. Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel, THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, is based on a true story. Hemingway was on a fishing trip off Cuba, when he heard about the r/l fisherman’s epic battle against a giant marlin. After he had killed...

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...

Don Reed's NEW BOOK - "Science, Politics, Stem Cells and Genes: California's War on Chronic Disease"

California’s War on Chronic Disease

By Don C. Reed, World Scientific Publishing, April 2023

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