F.D.A. Clears Way for Embryonic Stem Cell Trial Using Patients

[babylonsister]

We've come a longggg way.

F.D.A. Clears Way for Embryonic Stem Cell Trial Using Patients
By ANDREW POLLACK


The world’s first authorized test in people of a treatment derived from human embryonic stem cells has been cleared to begin by the Food and Drug Administration.

The trial will test cells developed by Geron Corporation and the University of California, Irvine in patients with new spinal cord injuries.

The F.D.A. had initially cleared the clinical trial in January, 2009, in what was viewed at the time as a research milestone.

But before the study could begin, the agency then put a so-called hold on the trial after cysts were discovered in some mice injected with the cells. Geron had to do another mouse study and develop better ways to check the purity of its cells.

On Friday, the company announced in a press release that the F.D.A. had lifted the hold. Geron shares rose in morning trading.

Embryonic stem cells can turn into any type of cell in the body. Scientists envision one day making replacements for injured or d

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http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/f-d-a-clears-way-for-embryonic-stem-cell-trial-using-patients/?hp

[realisticphish]

1. just imagine

if we had started this 8 years ago...

[Deep13]

2. Yeah, or climate regulation. nt