24-01-2012 10:25 On January 17th, 2012, the CIRM Governing Board heard from scientists and a patient about the essential role of genomics in the development of stem cell based therapies. Visit link: Craig Venter: Understanding Our Genes - A Step to Personalized Medicine | CIRM Spotlight on Genomics - Video … Continue reading →

24-01-2012 17:08 My Previous Question to the Leadership Candidates: youtu.be Canadian Court Decisions Regarding Cannabis: http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca Portugal Decriminalizes Drugs, Crime Lowers: http://www.cato.org http://www.cato.org http://www.time.com http://www.cato.org Cannabis Research Suppressed By US Government: In 1944 the mayor of New York City commissioned a report on cannabis use, the report found that cannabis use should have no criminal penalty. http://www.druglibrary.org This is the report that was commissioned by President Nixon in the 1970's, President Nixon ignored the findings of this report and declared a war on drugs despite evidence that this would cause more harm than good. http://www.druglibrary.org In the thirties Cannabis was criminalized, what is often lost to history is that the medical community was mostly opposed to this prohibition, cannabis was used in many medical preparations and was a valued part of medicine until it was outlawed See the original post: #NDPLDR Debate Question 2: Drug Law Reform - Video … Continue reading →

12-12-2011 16:11 Drawing on X-ray crystallography and experimental data, as well as a software suite for predicting and designing protein structures, a UC Davis School of Medicine researcher has developed an algorithm that predicts what has been impossible to generate in the laboratory: the conformational changes in voltage-gated sodium channels when they are at rest or actively transmitting a signal in muscle and nerve cells. See press release at: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu Read more: UC Davis researcher develops model to foster new drug development to treat pain and epilepsy - Video … Continue reading →

27-12-2011 15:47 IIB was born as a response to the great need for successful new technologies and alternative immunotherapies. See the rest here: IIB Medical Center Patient Coordinator Video Blog #1 - Video … Continue reading →