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HOW TO FIGHT A RARE DISEASE — OR TWO: Benefit #60 of CIRM
By Don C. Reed Imagine a disease, terrible in its effects, but only a few people have it… will Big Pharma invest the billions required to find and develop its cure? Probably not. Lacking the...
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TO REMOVE SCARS?: Benefit # 61 of the California Stem Cell Agency
By Don C. Reed For a writer, scars are stories. For instance, on the next-to-last finger of my right hand, there is a tiny white scar, from when I was a diver at Marine World long ago. I had been...
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A BETTER RAT? Benefit #62 of the California Stem Cell Agency
By Don C. Reed Dr. QiLong Ying and Friend When I told my wife Gloria I was writing an article about rats, she had several comments, including: “Oo, ugh!” and also “That’s disgusting!” Obviously, there...
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TO MORE RAPIDLY HEAL A BROKEN BONE? Benefit # 63 of the California Stem Cell...
By Don C. Reed It was 4:00 in the morning, March 13th, 2019. I was at Roman’s house, providing medical care for my paralyzed son. The doorbell rang. Who could be visiting at such a miserable hour? It...
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CIRM BENEFIT # 64: FIGHTING RETT SYDROME: The Woman Who Leaped Into the Sky
By Don C. Reed At the top of the ten meter platform, the young Chinese woman turned around, so her toes gripped the edge of the board, and her heels hung suspended over the blue square of water far...
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Benefit 65 of California Stem Cell Agency: THE MAN WITH THE PLAN TO...
By Don C. Reed It is said that when a person dies, his or her brain offers one last gift: highlights of its owner’s past. Favorite moments return, and images of beloved people. If that is true, I hope...
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