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Benefit # 46 (of 71) from the California Stem Cell Research Program: STEM CELLS AGAINST STROKE

By |2020-12-02T21:26:16+00:00October 3rd, 2018|

In the middle of the night, I was wakened by a soft “pop” inside my head, like the bursting of a bubble wrap. And the strangest thing — I could see the individual letters of the words of my thoughts, writing themselves. Like: I t-h-i-n-k s-o-m-e-t-h-i-n-g i-s w-r-o-n-g i-n-s-i-d-e m-y h-e-a-d… I poked Gloria beside me, and

Benefit # 42 (of 71) of the California Stem Cell Research Program: INFO SHARING?

By |2020-12-02T21:26:19+00:00February 27th, 2018|

If you visit the Chicago Air Museum (now called the Museum of Science and Industry) you can see the actual plane the Wright brothers flew, on the world’s first leap into the sky. It is an amazing museum, well worth your time and the sixteen-dollar admission fee. But one of the most interesting exhibits might

Benefit # 32 (of 71) of the California Stem Cell Program: FIGHTING SKIN DISEASE

By |2020-12-02T21:26:22+00:00December 29th, 2017|

One day in the eleventh grade, I did a thousand situps without stopping; I don’t know why. I just started doing them in PE class, going for a hundred at first, then continuing on and on. The person holding my ankles got bored and quit; somebody else tossed a cupful of water on the floor

Benefit # 19 (of 71) from the California Stem Cell Program: Challenging Parkinson’s Disease

By |2021-11-06T08:59:03+00:00November 17th, 2017|

First, a shout-out to Michael J. Fox, undeniably the champion of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) fund raising. If I understand correctly, he has raised the astonishing sum of $750 million dollars…the world owes Mr. Fox a debt of gratitude. How much does Parkinson’s Disease cost America? Individually, someone with PD must come up with about $22,500

Benefit # 11 (of 71) from the California Stem Cell Program: ALLEVIATING AGING AGONIES?

By |2020-12-02T21:26:28+00:00October 21st, 2017|

“Would you want to live forever?”, asked Gloria, beloved wife of nearly half a century. At 72, I consider myself middle-aged. My father, Dr. Charles H. Reed, is 95 and plays tennis three times a week and is reading the Bible in French. He is conversant in 12 languages, and once wrote an education dictionary

VIDEO: Evangelina is cured of Bubble Boy Disease

By |2021-09-05T13:07:21+00:00April 3rd, 2017|

Evangelina Padilla-Vaccaro was born with Bubble Boy Disease, also known as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a genetic, uniformly lethal disease that causes babies to be born without functioning immune systems. But today, thanks to stem cell research funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Evangelina is cured. See her parents speak in the video below.

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