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>Possible lead in treating nerve disease

>We’ll see whether this story gets any coverage.Science Daily tells us that a group from Massachussetts General Hospital and Harvard have published a report in Nature Neuroscience that the “Insulin-like Growth Factor 1” (IGF-1) stimulates the regrowth of axons (the long appendages or tails of nerves that connect to other nerves) in patients with Amyotrophic … Continue reading

Possible lead in treating nerve disease

We’ll see whether this story gets any coverage.Science Daily tells us that a group from Massachussetts General Hospital and Harvard have published a report in Nature Neuroscience that the “Insulin-like Growth Factor 1” (IGF-1) stimulates the regrowth of axons (the long appendages or tails of nerves that connect to other nerves) in patients with Amyotrophic … Continue reading

>More and More News On No News on Cord Blood

>President Bush announced on Thursday, November 2 that $12 Million in Federal dollars will go to support and coordinate six States’ cord blood banking and research. On Friday, November 3rd, Governor George Pataki of New York dedicated $10 Million of that State’s money to build and fund a research center in Syracuse, focused on banking … Continue reading

More and More News On No News on Cord Blood

President Bush announced on Thursday, November 2 that $12 Million in Federal dollars will go to support and coordinate six States’ cord blood banking and research. On Friday, November 3rd, Governor George Pataki of New York dedicated $10 Million of that State’s money to build and fund a research center in Syracuse, focused on banking … Continue reading

>Stunted growth or ethical medical care?

>The Women’s Bioethics Project Blog pointed to the msnbcmsn.com article on a severely retarded (with a “profound, irreversible developmental disability”) 6 year old girl whose parents have asked doctors to treat with high doses of estrogen and a hysterectomy to keep her permanently small and to avoid puberty. I agree with the family and the … Continue reading

Stunted growth or ethical medical care?

The Women’s Bioethics Project Blog pointed to the msnbcmsn.com article on a severely retarded (with a “profound, irreversible developmental disability”) 6 year old girl whose parents have asked doctors to treat with high doses of estrogen and a hysterectomy to keep her permanently small and to avoid puberty. I agree with the family and the … Continue reading

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