Stem cell research for spinal cord injuries

[jumpinjiminy]

Geron, is leaving the stem cell research for spinal cord regeneration behind and moving on to cancer drugs. They cite financial reasons. It's simply too expensive to continue.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80...-the-business/

[dennissr]

I would have thought that it figured the financial cost and time horizon of the research before it recruited patients and began dosing. My common sense says there must be more to this story.

[jumpinjiminy]

Apparently, it was too difficult to show progress to the scientific community. They can make more profit on cancer drug research than spinal cord research.

It sounds like this move has devastated the folks at the Christopher Reeve Foundation, who funded the research.