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Catholics Reject Cures That Kill

Geron Corp. to Try Embryonic Stem Cell-Based Therapy in Human Patients

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by Nicole Ficere Callahan, REGISTER CORRESPONDENT Friday, Feb 13, 2009 10:07 AM Comment

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Mark Pickup would love to dance with his wife again. But not at the price of killing another human being.

It is a choice that Pickup, now confined to a wheelchair, thinks he may face in the future if an embryonic stem-cell therapy for people with spinal cord injury, developed by Geron Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif., ever proves useful in treating multiple sclerosis,...

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