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Why Parkinson’s Friends Should Support Renewing the California Stem Cell Program
Perhaps more than any other patient advocate group, I respect Parkinson's fighters. If you really want some folks who will absolutely show up and be counted, ask your friends with Parkinson's. If they say yes, they will be there. I have a theory why this is so. ...
GREAT NEWS FOR PARALYSIS RESEARCH!!!
By Don C. Reed Assembly Bill 214, The Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act, authored by Assembly Speaker pro Tem Kevin Mullin, was placed “on consent” for today’s Assembly Health Committee Agenda. That means it does not require a formal presentation and...
INSIDE GLORIA’S HEART
By Don C. Reed In her hospital gown, Gloria, my wife of fifty years, was walking on the treadmill. Gradually the speed increased, faster and faster. I worried she might slip, I stood in closer to her, crowding the attendant, who was also trying to protect her from...
ADVENTURES ON “BRIDGES”: Humboldt State Stem Cell Research
By Don C. Reed Imagine yourself as a California college student, hoping to become a stem cell researcher. Like almost all students you are in need of financial help, and so (let’s say) you asked your college counselor if there were any scholarships available. To your...
Roman’s Law Rides Again!
by Don C. Reed Speaker pro Tem Introduces AB 214 — Renewing State Funding for Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act GREAT NEWS! Read and share the following press release about the RENEWAL OF ROMAN REED SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH ACT! Please share!...
HIDDEN BENEFITS: Unexpected Rewards of the California Stem Cell Program
By Don C. Reed First, a seeming distraction. In 1997, my wife Gloria and I bought a house. The asking price was somewhat above our comfort zone, ($165,000, a lot back then) but we bought it anyway. Three days later, we had a visit from the same realtor who sold us the...
ON THE BENEFITS OF FETAL CELL RESEARCH
by Don C. Reed You may have heard that the Trump administration intends to reduce or eliminate funds for fetal cell research (FCR). Is this important? And why do they want to eliminate this medical research? Fetal cell research (FCR) involves tissues derived...
HOW STEM CELL RESEARCH SAVED–MY CAR?
By Don C. Reed Everything seemed normal that Saturday,4:30 AM, November 10th, 2018. I stepped out of the shower into my gym’s locker room. Dry, dressed, and comfortable, I took out my gymbag, shook it as I always do—no jingle. I tried again, nothing, I fumbled...
GOALS FOR AFTER THE ELECTIONS — or, The Man Who Taught Bruce Lee
By Don C. Reed My favorite mid-term election result? Kansas chose Laura Kelly for Governor, rejecting Kris Kobach. An architect of misery, Kobach is the man who designed Trump’s plan to make Mexican-Americans pay for the Southwest border wall. (He intended to tax the...
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