In a recent Newsweek article touting “embryonic stem cells are still regarded as the gold standard”, we learn more about Geron Corporation’s plans to conduct a spinal-cord-injury trial - the first trial ever for embryonic stem cells in the U.S. To be held in California, the trial will recruit patients within one to two weeks of their injuries, before scar tissue has formed. … [Read more...] about Stem Cell Trial for Spinal Cord Injury Sponsored by Geron Corp.