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PARALYSIS CURE BILL BACK ON TRACK! Dear Friend of Research for Cure: Last year, the funding was cut off for California’s Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act. This is the law which funded the famous “paralyzed rats that walked again” stem cell research that Christopher Reeve so often talked about. California finances being what [...]

CUB SCOUTS AGAINST A FOREST FIRE?  Despite Odds, Supporters of Paralysis Cure Research Can Win By Don C. Reed On  May 27th, in Sacramento, California, there will be a legislative forest fire.  In the Appropriations committee, dozens of good bills will be considered. Most will die.   Assembly Bill 190, (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) our bill to fight paralysis– [...]

If you want California spinal cord injury research for cure to move forward, (as is the purpose of Assembly Bill 190, Wieckowski, D-Fremont) there are some Legislative Aides who need to hear from you! Write to the aide—the member’s name follows. Remember, just a sentence or two is all that is needed! If you want [...]

HIGH NOON FOR PARALYSIS CURE RESEARCH? By Don C. Reed Three twenty-two AM. Couple hours from now, and I will go to my son Roman’s house. His 13-year-old son (Roman part two) has a baseball tournament in Temecula, so he and mom Terri are driving down as well as  Kate my two year-old angel, certifiably [...]

Will Stem Cells Eventually Cure All Disease? Article by Stephanie McIntyre Few areas of medical research are generating as much interest as stem cells. There are several reasons why they are receiving so much scientific attention. They are able to divide into copies of themselves. They’re unspecialized. And [...]

Long-term AIDS survivor Matt Sharp, left, is a participant in a clinical trial run by Dr. Jay Lalezari. (Photo: Liz Highleyman) Thirty years after the first report of what would come to be known as AIDS, more and more researchers and advocates are talking about a cure for HIV – a development that is both [...]

DELAYED BUT NOT DEFEATED:  Paralysis Research Bill Shot Down in Committee By Don C. Reed California’s AB 190 (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) has been—at least temporarily—killed in committee.  The bill would have provided funding for the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act. It was denied (without even a public vote) by Appropriations Chairman Felipe Fuentes (D-39).   Apparently, Chairman [...]

ONE SMALL COMMITTEE, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND:  Cure Research Bill Advances! By Don C. Reed April 26, 2011. 9:30 AM.  Sacramento Capitol. Room 126. Public Safety Committee Roman Reed, Karen Miner, Mandy Miner, Bill Leeds, myself, and other friends of the research for cure struggle sat together in the jam-packed meeting room. We were [...]

 Paralysis Cure Decision Tuesday Morning by Don C. Reed This Tuesday morning,  April 26th, 2011, spinal cord injury research for cure will take a giant leap forward– or not. Assembly Bill 190 (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) will provide non-tax funding (a fine for reckless drivers) money to go to fund the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research [...]

Should California NOT Fund Paralysis Cure?  Decision Day, April 5th  By Don C. Reed A fine tacked onto every reckless driving ticket in California would mean ,000,000 a year for spinal cord injury research for cure—IF Assembly Bill 190 (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) passes the Public Safety Committee hearing in Sacramento, April 5th. If AB 190 passes, [...]