Burnham Institute who recently committed to opening a new facility in Orlando, Florida has achieved positive results on dystrophic mice with a class of drugs previously being studied for cancer treatment.

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Normal Muscle Function Restored In Dystrophic Mice (Medical News Today)

Also, Burnham is doing some nice work in the area of aging research.  Check out the  Del E. Webb Center for Neurosciences & Aging at Burnham Institute.

This company says they have stumbled upon a treatment for some cardiac valve issues while conducting stem cell tests for other issues.  If true, this would be a prime example of the benefits of pure research uninhibited by governmental influence! (please note:  we do not offer investment advice or endorse specific investment in any particular organization).

Medistem Laboratories Files Patent Application for Cardiac Valve Therapy (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
TEMPE, Ariz.----Sept. 15, 2006--Medistem Laboratories Inc. , committed to the ethical development and commercialization of medical therapies utilizing adult stem cells, announced today that it has filed an application with ...

Heres' a result that was probably counterintuitive to most of us:  There are eight different Americas with eight different sets of actuarial tables with a spread of twenty years between the shortest and the longest lived.  Oh, and by the way, counter to common belief, rich white guys don't live the longest, even though they have the greatest access to "good healtcare".  Original Story