As you all know, President Obama lifted Bush’s longstanding restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research yesterday — a huge breakthrough for all those who believe this avenue could produce unprecedented treatments for many incurable diseases. Like diabetes.
Among others, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has fought long and hard for this boost. Its staff and members are pretty much ecstatic. A small group including Larry Soler, the organization’s EVP of…
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AmyT on
December 30, 2008
I hope you’re not tired of yearly roundups yet — hey, we reporters and bloggers only get to do this stuff once a year. So why not do it up big?
Speaking of big, see the TIME magazine Year in Medicine 2008.
Take a gander at their 5 Truths About Health Care in America, which probably won’t surprise you: we Americans spend too much on health care, and get little for our money. On the…
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By
AmyT on
December 30, 2008
I hope you’re not tired of yearly roundups yet — hey, we reporters and bloggers only get to do this stuff once a year. So why not do it up big?
Speaking of big, see the TIME magazine Year in Medicine 2008.
Take a gander at their 5 Truths About Health Care in America, which probably won’t surprise you: we Americans spend too much on health care, and get little for our money. On the…
Read more »
