The field of cell therapy has shown promise in the past for juvenile diabetes, Parkinson's disease and heart disease, but none of the approaches have yet to bankroll a profitable company.
The breakout effort was detected around 4:35 a.m. local time on Friday, when a juvenile hall counselor saw a sledgehammer striking the window of Wade's cell, said Michael Daly, who runs the facility.
Like many of the numbers being tossed about in the stem-cell debate, this count is inflated by emotion: Langevin included all patients suffering from cancer, juvenile diabetes, heart disease and even arthritis as potential beneficiaries of the research.