Stem cells for stroke
An elderly man has become the first person in the world to receive an injection of stem cells after a stroke, in an attempt to rebuild lost brain connections and tissue. Up to 12 people will be given progressively higher doses over the next year in trial run by a team from the University of Glasgow and stem cell firm ReNeuron, both in the UK.
Keep your diseases
An expedition planned by London’s Natural History Museum was postponed this week after Ayoreo Indians in the remote Chaco forest region of Paraguay demanded further consultation with the…
