Stem cell report has special meaning to ex-Folsom family
Stem cells from bone marrow can migrate to the skin to treat a disabling, sometimes fatal genetic disorder, according to an article being published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
UC Davis receives $1 million to improve Native American health
Researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine will work with Native Americans in Northern California to decrease obesity and type-2 diabetes, and they’ll pay for it with a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Diseases of…
Beware stem cell ‘cures,’ doctors say
Bogus cures are nearly as old as human disease, but they have found especially fertile ground in stem cell medicine – new, complex and perhaps dazzlingly promising in the long run.
National Native American health conference comes to Sacramento
Blending Western medicine and the cultures of America’s original inhabitants will be among the topics covered at a national conference on American Indian behavioral health being held in Sacramento this week.
Med Center to show off new pavilion today
The UC Davis Medical Center will show off its nearly complete Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion today, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new wing’s key supporters.