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	<title>Quadriplegia &#124; Spinal Cord Injury - Stem Cell Research</title>
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		<title>Ischial Pressure Sores &amp; Pressure Sore Treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2012/03/ischial-pressure-sores-pressure-sore-treatment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, I never thought that I would become an expert on pressure sores, their treatment, and management. One year after my injury though, I ended up with an ischial pressure sore on my left buttocks. Eight months in bed, and a failed flap surgery, taught me that I must become my own advocate in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geron Ends Spinal Cord Injury Embryonic Stem Cell Trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Injury News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 15, 2011 &#8211; Geron (Nasdaq symbol: GERN) is getting out of the stem cell business to focus on their cancer programs according to their announcement yesterday. &#8220;In the current environment of capital scarcity and uncertain economic conditions, we intend to focus our resources on advancing our Phase 2 clinical trials of imetelstat and GRN1005. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geron GRNOPC1 Spinal Cord Injury Trial Update &#8211; November 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2011/11/geron-grnopc1-spinal-cord-injury-trial-update-november-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2011/11/geron-grnopc1-spinal-cord-injury-trial-update-november-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Injury News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE:  THE GERON EMBRYONIC STEM CELL TRIAL FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY HAS BEEN STOPPED DUE TO FINANCIAL REASONS. &#160; The Phase 1 trial for Spinal Cord Injury using an embryonic stem cell therapy procedure GRNOPC1 is a little over a year in duration, with the first candidate completing a record of no safety issues since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Therapy Helps Paralyzed Man Stand</title>
		<link>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2011/05/new-therapy-helps-paralyzed-man-stand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 03:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Injury News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Publication of a new case study was recently released in The Lancet.  It suggests scientists may not have to repair the injury site of paralyzed people for them to regain useable function. Rob Summers injured his spinal cord four years ago in an automobile accident.  Just this week, he stood unaided  on his own for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geron Reports on Phase 1 Spinal Cord Injury Trial &#8211; 042811</title>
		<link>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2011/04/geron-reports-on-phase-1-spinal-cord-injury-trial-042811/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2011/04/geron-reports-on-phase-1-spinal-cord-injury-trial-042811/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Injury News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Geron reported results for its first quarter financials. Of course my reason for listening to the report was to pull out the relevant information relating to their phase 1 trial using embryonic stem cell derived neural cells to regenerate the spinal cord in humans. Here&#8217;s some highlights from the report that pertain to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geron Begins Stem Cell Trial With First Patient</title>
		<link>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2010/10/geron-begins-stem-cell-trial-with-first-patient/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Injury News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, October 8, 2010 a therapy based on embryonic stem cells was injected into the first patient enrolled in Geron&#8217;s Human Embryonic Stem Cell Trials. This patient was treated at Shepherd Center, a spinal cord and brain injury center in Atlanta.  In addition to the Shepherd Center, Northwestern University near Chicago has been announced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Hans Keirstead on the Geron Human Clinical Trials</title>
		<link>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2010/09/dr-hans-keirstead-on-the-geron-human-clinical-trials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2010/09/dr-hans-keirstead-on-the-geron-human-clinical-trials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Northwestern University report, &#8220;Northwestern Medicine is the first site open for enrollment in a national clinical research trial of a human embryonic stem cell-based therapy for participants with a subacute thoracic spinal cord injury. Following the procedure, participants will receive rehabilitation treatment at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC).&#8221; So, Northwestern will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TCA Cellular Therapy to Begin Adult Stem Cell Trial for Spinal Cord Injury</title>
		<link>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2010/08/tca-cellular-therapy-to-begin-adult-stem-cell-trial-for-spinal-cord-injury/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2010/08/tca-cellular-therapy-to-begin-adult-stem-cell-trial-for-spinal-cord-injury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Injury News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, news came out that Geron would continue with its embryonic stem cell treatment in the U.S. for spinal cord injuries.  Now, TCA Cellular Therapy has released news that they also will be beginning a human clinical trial in the United States for the treatment of spinal cord injury. This treatment will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geron Gets the Green Light for Phase I Human Clinical Trials</title>
		<link>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2010/07/geron-gets-the-green-light-for-phase-i-human-clinical-trials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2010/07/geron-gets-the-green-light-for-phase-i-human-clinical-trials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes!  Geron has received the green light from the FDA to begin the Phase I clinical trials of GRNOPC1 in people with acute (this means people newly injured, and probably in ICU) spinal cord injuries. This signifies the first time a human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-based therapy will be used on humans (in the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geron Stem Cell Trial to Restart in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2009/11/geron-stem-cell-trial-to-restart-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2009/11/geron-stem-cell-trial-to-restart-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, it was announced that an agreement has been reached between Geron and the FDA.  Early-stage study for Geron&#8217;s stem cell drug therapy on people recently suffering complete thoracic spinal cord injuries, is tentatively expected to restart in the third quarter of 2010. Last August, the trial was placed on hold after studies showed [...]]]></description>
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