THREE STEM CELL MUSKETEERS OF BRAZIL By Don C. Reed When I first heard Brazil had signed a letter of agreement with the California stem cell research program, to support research collaboration, I could hardly believe my ears.  Brazil is a religiously conservative...

Huntington's Disease Challenged by California stem cell program FLASH! Huntington’s disease will challenged by embryonic stem cells from BioTime, Inc., via its “wholly-owned subsidiary ES Cell International (ESI, Singapore). Dr. Leslie Thompson of UC Irvine will be...

Where I have been for the past year.... For the past year or so I have been writing a book, called STEM CELL BATTLES: Proposition 71 and Beyond. Thank you all for the kind people who noticed that my small editorials were missing! I have not stopped working, just in a...

GOVERNOR BROWN VETOES PARALYSIS CURE RESEARCH BILL By Don C. Reed Unfortunately, Governor Jerry Brown has just vetoed Assembly Bill 714, (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) which would have restored one million dollars to the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act. A mistake...

IN ONE MAN’S HANDS: Governor Brown May Decide Paralysis Research By Don C. Reed On September 9th, the California state Senate voted a unanimous YES to restore one million dollars in funding to the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act. The bill was AB 714...

Roman Reed first across new Bay Bridge-- but who will be the first to cure? https://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-c-reed/which-country-will-be-fir_b_3824874.html Please check out this article I wrote for Huffington Post.... great pic of Roman crossing new Bay Bridge,...

  Why Cure Research Must Be Supported: a Life or Death Matter By Don C. Reed Remember what Spartan mothers told their sons before they went off to war? “Return with your shield, or on it.” To me, that advice fits the budget battles for medical research funding,...

INDEPENDENCE DAY—from Paralysis? By Don C. Reed Imagine if the freedom to move your body was taken away, and you were imprisoned by the invisible chains of paralysis....