STEM CELL STATE, STEM CELL WORLD By Don C. Reed Did you ever see a Fred Astaire movie? One of the greatest dancers of all time, he made it look easy on film, light and graceful, as if gravity had no hold on him. But an off-screen photo of Fred Astaire practicing shows...

Summary:  9th Annual International Society of Stem Cell Research Conference   By Don C. Reed   From the press conference for the new website, Stem Cell City, electronic presence of the McEwen Center for Regenerative Medicine, (www.joinstemcellcity.com) to...

STEM CELL CHAMPION STEPS DOWN: new leadership for California program By Don C. Reed I am still a little in shock. On June 23rd,  Bob Klein resigned the leadership of the California stem cell program—which he began.   His initiative, Prop 71, the California Stem...

CANADIAN  DELIGHTS—a Patient Advocate’s Perspective on the 9th Annual International Society of Stem Cell Research Conference By Don C. Reed “You’ve got to see Niagara Falls while you’re here,” said my flight mate, “It is gorgeous from the Canadian side.” “I couldn’t...

CIRM SENDS PATIENT ADVOCATES TO INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF STEMCELL RESEARCHERS CONFERENCE! By Don C. Reed A few hours from now, I will sit in an astonishingly narrow airplane seat, and shove my briefcase full of reading materials under the seat in front of me. The jet...

CALIFORNIA VERSUS THE VALLEY OF DEATH by Don C. Reed There is a place you will not find on any map. It has no physical location. But it is real nonetheless, and a danger to all mankind. It is the Valley of Death, where new medicines die. May 4th, 2011. Gloria and I...

DELAYED BUT NOT DEFEATED:  Paralysis Research Bill Shot Down in Committee By Don C. Reed California’s AB 190 (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) has been—at least temporarily—killed in committee. The bill would have provided funding for the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research...

HIGH NOON FOR PARALYSIS CURE RESEARCH? By Don C. Reed Three twenty-two AM. Couple hours from now, and I will go to my son Roman’s house. His 13-year-old son (Roman part two) has a baseball tournament in Temecula, so he and mom Terri are driving down as well as  Kate...

Would you make one phone call if it might bring cure to paralysis?  Right now, AB 190, the bill to restore funding to the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury research Act, hangs in the balance. Please call one of the below, depending on your political party. You might make...