This is unbelievable—except it isn’t: A front page story in today’s SF Chronicle, headlined “Keeping Hope Alive,” purportedly concerns local young woman named Katie Sharify, who was the last patient to receive an injection (adult stem cells made from embryonic) in Geron’s now defunct ESCR human trial. But her poignant personal story is wrapped around a meme seeking to convince readers that ESCR remains the great hope for cures.
Of course, to do that, adult stem cell research can’t be mentioned. And you guessed it, not one of the very hopeful successful adult stem cell human trial successes—including with spinal cord injury-caused paralysis—is even mentioned. From the story (different title on-line):
