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• US approves 1st stem cell study for spinal injury

  A U.S. biotech company says it plans to start this summer the world's first study of a treatment based on human embryonic stem cells - a long-awaited project aimed at spinal cord injury. The company gained federal permission this week to inject eight Read More...
  Posted Friday, January 23, 2009 11:12 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Embryonic stem cells, FDA, stem cell therapy, paraplegics

• FDA Pledges Openness on Gene-Altered Products

  Federal health officials Thursday pledged a new, open process for approving drugs and foods from genetically engineered animals. Consumer groups complained the policy won't do enough to tell people if they're eating gene-altered animals and fails Read More...
  Posted Sunday, January 18, 2009 2:59 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: FDA, genetically engineered animals

• Magnetic brain therapy gets US green light

  It has been touted as a possible treatment for migraine, depression, and stroke, and is even said to have roused a patient from a coma . Now transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has received its first stamp of approval as a therapy by the US Food and Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:16 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Transcranial magnetic stimulation, FDA, TMS

• Rules Near for Animals’ Engineering

  The Food and Drug Administration is expected on Thursday to announce proposals for regulating the meat and milk from genetically engineered animals. The guidelines could pave the way for commercialization of creatures like fast-growing salmon, environmentally Read More...
  Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:13 PM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: FDA, Food and Drug Administration, genetically engineered animals

• FDA hires 1,300 new doctors and scientists

  The Food and Drug Administration has recently hired more than 1,300 professional staffers in a move that officials hope will help it better protect the public health amid rapid technological and scientific change. "Every pay period, we have had more Read More...
  Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 4:57 AM by Editor / 1 Comments

  Tags: FDA, Food and Drug Administration

• FDA Holds Public Meeting to Discuss Nanotechnology Task Force Report

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting and a request for comments including available data to gather information that will assist the agency in further implementing the recommendations of the Nanotechnology Task Force Report Read More...
  Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 3:59 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Nanotechnology Politics, FDA

• F.D.A. Chief Writes Congress for Money

  WASHINGTON — After being pummeled for weeks on Capitol Hill over the president’s budget, Food and Drug Commissioner Andrew C. von Eschenbach has written Congress that the agency needs an immediate infusion of $275 million to ensure that imported Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:10 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Government funding, Politics and Legislation, Government regulation, FDA

• Court Upholds Order for Seasilver Marketers to Pay $120 Million

  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on April 16, 2008 that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a district court ruling requiring marketers of Seasilver, an alleged phony cure-all, to pay almost $120 million for failing Read More...
  Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:41 AM by Editor / 1 Comments

  Tags: Vitamins, FDA