She remembers advising a nurse whose blind patient refused hydration, a decision that would lead to the patient's death. (sciencemag.org)
The falling - out between WPI and Mikovits came about after a second Science paper that she co-authored reported that nine labs — including WPI's — could not reliably find XMRV or related viruses in blinded patient samples. (sciencemag.org)
In the first published results from a clinical trial using human embryonic stem cells, two legally blind patients who received an injection of hESC - derived cells in one eye have experienced no harmful side effects and appear to have slightly better vision. (sciencemag.org)