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Stem cells from testicles an option to embryos

Posted on October 8th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/8/2008 1:00 PM By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Cells taken from men’s testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field. The new type of stem cells could..
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Mom says at KC trial she waited for girl to die

Posted on October 7th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/7/2008 8:19 PM By ANDALE GROSSAssociated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The mother of a little girl long known as “Precious Doe” testified Tuesday she knew the injured 3-year-old needed medical attention but that she feared going to jail and instead waited for the child to die...
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Slain girl’s mom testifies at husband’s trial

Posted on October 7th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/7/2008 1:59 PM By ANDALE GROSSAssociated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The mother of a 3-year-old girl whose headless body was unidentified for nearly four years testified Tuesday that she watched her then-boyfriend kick her daughter in the head and helped him dump her body. Michelle Johnson..
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Defense: ‘Precious Doe’ defendant kicked girl, 3

Posted on October 7th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/6/2008 10:09 PM By DAVID TWIDDYAssociated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The man accused of murdering 3-year-old Erica Green kicked her in the head but didn’t mean to kill her, his attorney told a jury Monday in the case of a victim the city mourned for four..
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Trial under way for man in slaying of 3-year-old

Posted on October 6th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/6/2008 1:13 PM By ANDALE GROSSAssociated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ A man went on trial for murder Monday in the death of a 3-year-old girl whose headless body was found in the woods and nicknamed “Precious Doe.” Special prosecutor Tim Dollar told jurors Monday that the..
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Technology helps Fla. group home residents

Posted on October 5th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/5/2008 12:04 AM By LISA ORKIN EMMANUELAssociated Press Writer PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) _ From the outside, the one-story pink house on the quiet, tree-lined street looks like any other in South Florida’s suburbia. But once you go through the glass double doors, it’s obvious: This home is different. Doors..
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Largest study of US children to begin in January

Posted on October 3rd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/3/2008 2:23 PM WASHINGTON (AP) _ The largest study of U.S. children ever performed — aiming to track 100,000 from conception to age 21 — will start recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York in January. The ambitious National Children’s Study aims to learn how the environment and..
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Girl with brain injury won’t testify in abuse case

Posted on October 2nd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 9/30/2008 6:31 PM By DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) _ A girl who survived an infamous Massachusetts end-of-life case will not be called to testify against the man accused of beating her into a coma and injuring her brain, according to a notice filed Tuesday. Prosecutors said they..
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Idaho fair accused of evicting paralyzed woman

Posted on October 2nd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/1/2008 2:49 PM By JESSIE L. BONNERAssociated Press Writer NAMPA, Idaho (AP) _ Rose Harn peers out at the world with one working eye, her arms curled tightly against her shriveled body. A rag under her chin catches her drool. In the two decades since Harn was left brain-damaged..
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Group calls for free malaria treatment in Africa

Posted on September 30th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

NOTE: Malaria not only kills 1 million people each year, survivors may suffer brain damage. Children are the most vulnerable to this disease. Date: 9/30/2008 9:22 AM By DONNA BRYSONAssociated Press Writer JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) _ Making tests and treatment for malaria free dramatically increases the number of people..
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