{"62744":{"#nid":"62744","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Embryonic Stem Cells Used on Human","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EATLANTA - For the very first time, embryonic stem cells are being used on a human with a spinal cord injury and it\u0027s happening at Shepherd Center in Atlanta. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s the first study approved by the Food and Drug Administration to test the controversial therapy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSome are calling it a major breakthrough in medicine using embryonic stem cells.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut there are others who say there is no need to use embryonic stem cells when adult stem cells have been proven to work.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInside Shepherd Center a patient, paralyzed with a spinal cord injury, is hoping that a procedure using embryonic stem cells will help.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe patient is the first ever to be injected with millions of embryonic stem cells.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a huge landmark in the field,\u0022 said Dr. Todd McDevitt, a stem cell engineer at Georgia Tech. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.myfoxatlanta.com\/dpp\/news\/embryonic-stem-cells-used-on-human-101110\u0022\u003ERead Full Article\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the very first time, embryonic stem cells are being used on a human with a spinal cord injury and it\u0027s happening at Shepherd Center in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Embryonic Stem Cells Used on Human"}],"uid":"27349","created_gmt":"2010-10-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:46","author":"Floyd Wood","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1612","name":"BME"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1825","name":"GSCI"},{"id":"1487","name":"GTEC"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"760","name":"Todd McDevitt"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFloyd Wood\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIBB\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=fwood3\u0022\u003EContact Floyd Wood\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["floyd.wood@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}