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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...
ON HERSCHEL WALKER: A Patient Advocate’s Perspective
By Don C. Reed Should Herschel Walker, a vocal enemy of science, become Georgia’s next United States Senator? As a patient advocate for several decades, I hope not. It is not a question of Walker’s politics, to which he is entitled; but the man does not appear to know...
LAST CHANCE TO VOTE!
By Don C, Reed Is there is a person you know (maybe yourself) who has not voted yet? If so, consider helping them. Remind him/her about this moment of decision—maybe offer them a ride to the polls--because we only have a few hours. Today is Tuesday, November 8th, the...
VOTE RONALD JOHNSON OUT!
By Don C. Reed I wish Wisconsin’s Ronald Johnson was running for Senator in California-- so I could vote against him. Wisconsinites should vote Johnson out of office for many reasons: here are three. First, Senator Johnson seeks to control every aspect of a woman’s...
#7: THE MIGHTY MICROGLIA—One Weapon to Fight Many Disases?
By Don C. Reed Dear Friend of Stem Cell Research: For one month, I will make available a short (2-3 paragraphs) daily piece summarizing one aspect of the stem cell research—my layman’s understanding of it—done by scientists connected to the California Institute for...
Dear Friend of Stem Cell Research:
For one month, I will make available a short (2–3 paragraphs) daily piece summarizing one aspect of the stem cell research — my layman’s understanding of it — done by scientists connected to the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). The material is...
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