APACURE
The Facts on Central Nervous System
Disorders
(Spinal Cord and Brain)
There are an estimated 50 million Americans affected by diseases or disorders of the spinal cord and brain. The list of disorders includes the following: spinal cord injury, memory loss, addiction, schizophrenia, learning disability, depression, violence, stroke, brain injury, dementia, suicide and many others. More than 90% of the American population has experienced or will experience the effects of a brain-related, mental, emotional or behavioral, disease, disorder or injury at some point in their lives. Spinal cord injuries affect 250,000 Americans, costing more than $10 billion yearly. Head injuries have disabled two million individuals, costing the country $25 billion annually. Strokes affect 500,000 new people every year, costing the national economy $25 billion yearly. Spinal cord and brain disorders including blindness and other eye injuries impact the American economy in excess of $400 billion a year, on direct health care costs and additional indirect lifetime costs. Individual suffering and loss to society, however, are almost impossible to quantify.
Sources: American Paralysis Association and The Dana Alliance for Brain InitiativesApparelyzed - Spinal Cord Injury Peer Support
Stem Cell Research News
- Coalition opposes embryonic stem cell research (North Platte Telegraph)
The North Platte Telegraph The Nebraska Coalition for Ethical Research believes in stem cell research. - Group hopes to stop stem cell research (North Platte Telegraph)
Telegraph staff report The Nebraska Coalition for Ethical Research will host a public meeting in North Platte on Monday to discuss developments in embryonic stem cell research and their efforts to prevent this research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. - GE, Geron Partner Up For Stem-Cell Research (redOrbit)
A new joint effort between General Electric and U.S. biotech company Geron will use stem cells to develop products that could give drug developers an early warning of whether new medicines are toxic, Reuters reported.The effort is the U.S. - GE teams up with Geron for stem-cell research (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
General Electric Co is teaming up with U.S. biotech company Geron Corp to use stem cells to develop products that could give drug developers an early warning of whether new medicines are toxic. - New York to Pay Women Who Give Eggs for Stem Cell Research (Washington Post)
New York has become the first state to allow taxpayer-funded researchers to pay women for giving their eggs for embryonic stem cell research, a move welcomed by many scientists but condemned by critics who fear it will lead to the exploitation of vulnerable women. - GE teams up with Geron for stem-cell research (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * To focus on human embryonic stem cells * Products would be used to test developing drug safety * Technology is controversial in United States * Geron shares surge (Adds quote, paragraphs 12- ... - Ohio's Third Frontier Commission awards $5 million to stem cell research (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Ohio's Third Frontier Commission has awarded $5 million to a stem cell research center run by Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Athersys. The funding, which is part of the commission's research commercialization program, will help support two commercial,... - (AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-30 21:48 UPDATE 4-GE teams up with Geron for stem-cell research (Interactive Investor)
By Scott Malone - (AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-30 18:20 UPDATE 3-GE teams up with Geron for stem-cell research (Interactive Investor)
By Scott Malone - UM Carries Out Heart Stem Cell Research (CBS4 Miami)
Heart attacks have been in the headlines lately with the deaths of Michael Jackson and Billie Mays. As it turns out, a major clinical study is underway right here in South Florida to cure the number one killer in America.