The era of Barack Obama restores lifeblood of scientific research In fact comes the news that the U.S. has been given the green light to the first experiment on human embryonic stem cells to treat patients with paralyzing spinal cord injury. The Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. government agency that deals with regulation of food and pharmaceuticals, authorized the pharmaceutical California Geron starting by summer 2009, the testing phase of the treatment on a small number of people.
will be injected into the spinal cells extracted from embryonic tissue, in order to stimulate the regrowth of damaged nerves and restore the smooth functioning of the spinal cord. The only downside is the fact that therapy is not effective in these patients with recent injuries.
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