TODAY! Spinal Cord Injury Trials go Forward with Embryonic Stem Cells— as the Law Which Funded the Research Fights for Existence By Don C. Reed Today, July 30th, 2010, the biomedical company Geron announced the FDA go-ahead for the world’s first human trials with...

HOW PRESIDENT OBAMA CELEBRATED THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSAGE OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT By Don C. Reed On Monday, July 26, I was up in Sacramento, going door to door visiting legislators’ offices, working to gain their support for the renewal of the...

HOW NOT TO HAVE SEX IN COLORADO? The Personhood Amendment—Again. By Don C. Reed Here is a riddle, but not a joke. Imagine it is November this year, in Colorado, the day after elections. Amendment 62, the “personhood” Amendment, has just been voted into law. A woman is...

CALIFORNIA PARALYSIS-CURE RESEARCH BILL TO CONTINUE? Dear Friend of Research to Cure Paralysis: My son, Roman Reed is the paralyzed young man who inspired California’s Roman  Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999. As bill number AB 1931 (Torrico), the renewal...

ONE RICH GOLFER NEEDED:  Take a Stand for Paralysis Cure!  By Don C. Reed Got $1,250 to spare? Know someone who does?  If so, what are you doing on May 24? The Roman Reed Foundation is putting on a celebrity golf tournament like no other. Click on...

PARALYSIS CURE RESEARCH IN SUSPENSE… Keep What America Won! By Don C. Reed In a good movie, suspense is that delightful tickle that makes you sit forward in your chair and wonder what will happen next… In the California legislative process, “suspense” is the place...

OHIO’S ISSUE ONE: a Jobs Program America Should Notice By Don C. Reed You have heard the saying, “Issue One is Jobs”?  In Ohio, that is more than a slogan. Between now and May 4th, Ohioans will vote on Issue One: a spectacular jobs program.  It is an urgent reason to...

FIRST HEARING: RENEW ROMAN’S LAW, HELP END PARALYSIS!  Mark your calendar! Tuesday, April 13, Room 4202, 1:30 PM, Sacramento Capitol Dear Supporter of Research for Cure: We need a letter from you. Why? California’s Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999...

POLITICAL “DECEPTI-CONS”:  Anti-stemcell Research Bills in Michigan By Don C. Reed In the fantasy movie TRANSFORMERS, evil robots called Decepti-cons pretend to be useful machines like trucks or helicopters-- then changing into their real destructive form. Political...