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Editors Breakthrough: UCLA Team Creates Nerve Cells From Skin - Bypassing Embryos 2/25/2009 10:27:00 AM

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A team from the University of California Los Angeles led by William Lowry, created the first motor neurons from artificial embryonic stem cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, which were in turn created from ordinary skin cells.

This has huge implications for the debate over the use of and need for embryonic stem cells.

Their next step is to attach their neur...

Editors FDA: NeuralStem's Fetal Stem Cell Study for Lou Gehrig's Patients on Hold 2/25/2009 9:50:00 AM

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The US FDA put a hold on NeuralStem's clinical study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

The company had intended to test its ability to safely inject fetal stem cells into the spinal cords of patients and fully replace the damaged spinal cord cells.

See Editors First Human Trials for Stem Cell Therapy on Lou Gehrig Patients 12/18/2008 11:56:00 AM

Comment now First Human Trials for Stem Cell Therapy on Lou Gehrig Patients

The US FDA has cleared the way for Neuralstem, Inc. to conduct clinical trials on ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) patients by injecting stem cells into their spinal cord.

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