First trial of embryonic stem cells in humans
Here’s research that would not have occurred under a Bush run FDA, and it’s bound to drive the wingnuts and Socons mad. This is where the cognitive dissonance really sets in at conservative camps - you have the Faux Libertarians who want to do away with the FDA, but who still want to block embryonic stem cell research somehow…
US doctors have begun the first official trial of using human embryonic stem cells in patients after getting the green light from regulators.
The Food and Drug Administration has given a license to Geron to use the controversial cells to treat people with spinal injuries.
The cells have the potential to become many of the different cell types found in the body, including nerve cells.
The trials at a hospital in Atlanta will check if the treatment is safe.
Geron, a biotech company based in “silicon valley” south of San Francisco, has spent $170m on developing a stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury.
Science!