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

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...

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...

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