that say, move your leg, frirngs but these cells still have the ability to grow a little bit. so once they re put in the body, they re going to divide six to ten times and build a protective sheath around the injured parts of the spinal cord. i have an electrical cord. i have an outer layer of the cord that protects all of the important stuff inside, right? that carries the electrical current, right? right. that outer sheath has been damaged and now i need to recreate that? exactly. that s what these cells are meant to do. in animal studies, it has worked. the question is does it work in humans? phase one? phase one, first patient all they are looking for officially is safety. the patient isn t suffering because these foreign cells have been put in them, but they are looking for some efficacy, right? exactly. wow, big dealy sounds like
any hospital that does receive medicare and medicaid funding, must allow patients to decide who can visit them. also, they must prohibit discrimination based on a variety of characteristics and that could include sexual orientation and gender identity. and then finally, it would guarantee all patients advanced directives, that means things like who should make health care decisions if the patient isn t able to do that. and this is an important step for an important constituency for the president which is gay voters. they by and large supported him during the election and this they say is a very important step. alina? i want you to talk more about in a jill, the president promised that he would fight for the rights of gays and lesbians. look at his promise to repeal don t ask-don t tell for example. inside washington circles, is this a big deal? how big of a deal is it? is there has there been
jill dougherty with more details from the white house. reporter: hi, tony. this will affect almost all hospitals in the united states because almost all hospitals in the united states do participate in medicare and medicaid, and that is the legal way that they are that the president is now issuing that memorandum for hhs to issue the new rules. and here is how it would work. any hospital that is receiving medicare or medicaid funding must allow patients to decide who can visit them. that s number one. then they must prohibit discrimination based on a variety of characteristics and that can include sexual orientation and gender identity and finally it would guarantee all patients advanced directives and that would be such as who can make health care decisions if the patient isn t able to do it. and tony, as you mentioned some of this was sparked by that case, janice langben and her partner lisa pond. they ve been together for 17 years. partner lisa developed an