prosperity and well-paying middle-class jobs today and for generations to come.

France -- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Wednesday appeared at a hearing at the European Court of Human Rights into whether Russian authorities violated his rights through numerous arrests.The Challenger 12:44 Navalny has faced fraud charges viewed as political retribution for investigating corruption and leading protests.

especially in the regions because they are stripped of the freedom of assembly.Navalny mounted a sprawling grass-roots presidential campaign before he was officially barred from running in December.A Moscow court this week ordered the closure of a foundation that he used for his failed election campaign.

Navalnys boycott campaign might cut the voter turnout.The court ruled last year that seven of those arrests were unlawful and ordered Russia to pay 63

A final ruling is expected at a later date.

The Kremlin critic told CBSN On Assignment last year that he believed there was a 50 percent chance he will end up dead for speaking out against Putin -- a fate that has befallen many of the Kremlins enemies in recent years.Patients typically require blood transfusions every few weeks.

Patients must be hospitalized at least twice once for the collection of the stem cells and then to receive the altered cells.Medicines and treatments in Britain must be recommended by a government watchdog before they are made freely available to patients in the national health care system.

The cells are then infused back into the patient for a permanent treatment.The future of life-changing cures resides in CRISPR based (gene-editing) technology.