First Embryonic Stem Cell Clinical Trial Imminent

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday June 17, 2006 @07:32AM from the human-guinea-pig dept.

An anonymous reader writes "California-based Geron has announced that the first embryonic stem cell trial may be in the not-so-distant future. Tom Okarma, Geron's CEO, recently announced that the company will be seeking permission from the FDA to begin clinical trials. From the article: 'Geron's plan is to treat people that have acute spinal injuries with oligodendrocyte progenitor cells grown from human ESCs. Oligodendrocyte cells support neurons in the brain and spine by sheathing them in myelin, a fat that helps neurons to transmit signals.'"

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Re:My fellow republicans ... by EGSonikku · 2006-06-17 09:45 · Score: 0, Troll

I'm not talking of such things, and to pull the 'Nazi" card invalidates any argument you were attempting to make, and i'll not dignify it with a 'response'. Respond to this discussion, do not attempt to segway it into somthing else.

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