Embryonic Stem Cells at 10: A Giant Clinical Step

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Sunday August 10, 2008 · 9:48 AM PDT

2008/08/10 · 09:48

August 9, 2001. Seven years ago President Bush placed limits on stem cell research, by limiting federal funding support to cell lines created prior to that date.

Ten years ago, Dr. James Thompson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison discovered human embryonic stem cells, the undifferentiated progenitor cells that grow into mature, or differentiated, cells and tissue.

At Americans for Cures Foundation, we’re celebrating another milestone: a new therapy based on human embryonic stem cells is ready for the clinic. In May 2008, Geron, a California-based company, announced that it had submitted an IND (Investigational New Drug) application to the FDA to study the beneficial effects of modified embryonic stem cells in patients with spinal cord injury.

The question of ten years ago, "Will stem cell research have clinical value?" has been answered. The new question is "when," not "if."

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Wednesday March 19, 2008 · 1:26 PM PDT

2008/03/19 · 13:26

Remember when Michael J. Fox supported McCaskill’s Senate race in Missouri in 2006 with a short video about stem cell research? And then endured Rush Limbaugh’s disgustingcharacterization of Parkinson's Disease?

Americans for Cures Foundationis delighted to tell you that Michael J. Fox, actor and founder of Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, will speak at our conference, State of Stem Cell Advocacy 2008 (SOSCA),on April 12-13, UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center.

That’s the good news. Join our people-powered campaign for stem cell advocacy by signing our Pledge to Act. Come to SOSCA. Make funding stem cell therapies a priority for elected officials.

We are leading the fight for cures. Join us.

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Embryonic Stem Cells at 10: A Giant Clinical Step

Michael J. Fox & people-powered stem cell advocacy