Paralyzed patient injected with embryonic cells
(NEWSER) - American scientists have begun testing embryonic stem cells on a patient for the first time. The groundbreaking, federally-approved clinical trial involves injecting millions of the cells into a patient who suffered paralysis after a recent spinal cord injury, reports Reuters . Scientists hope the stem cells will regenerate nerves in the patient's crushed spinal cord, though the goal of this trial, privately funded by California biotech firm Geron Corp, is to establish the procedure's safety. More»
