Archive for February, 2010
Stem cell therapy for thalassemia patients
New technologies like organic cement used in repairing spinal fractures might soon help bone marrow cancer patients. A project led by University of Leeds engineers will focus on the incurable cancer of the bone marrow that causes destructive lesions (abnormal tissue) in bones and makes them more susceptible to fracture. The study will analyze whether techniques such as injecting organic cements into the spine to stabilize the bone, or using plates to fix fractures can be adapted for affecte... Readmore
STEM CELL THERAPY FOR PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE
Stem cell therapy is relatively new and fast developing field. There is huge interest among general public, patients suffering from incurable and difficult to cure diseases, professionals, scientists and investors in this area of therapeutic medicine. Significant stem cell research has grown rapidly in the past few years, with series of important discoveries, such as induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells and engineered stem/progenitor cells. Today there are at least 17 R & D stem cell-bas... Readmore
THE DENTAL STEM CELL ADVANTAGE
The presence of stem cell in milk tooth or the wisdom tooth was found more by accident in 2003 by Dr. Songtao Shi, an American stem cell scientist and a former pedodontist. His 6-year-old daughter decided her father should take out her wobbly milk tooth rather than her mother. When he glanced in the tooth, he noticed the pulp which was still living. In his laboratory, Dr. Shi extracted cells from the pulp and found that the right culture, some of the cells started to grow. Stem cells can be mani... Readmore
Stem Cells Cut AIDS in Patient
A German AIDS patient was able to stop drugs he had been taking for 10 years after getting a transplant of stem cells from a donor with a rare gene variant known to resist the deadly disease. The transplant also cured his leukemia. The stem cell donor was among the 1 percent of Caucasians who have the variant gene that lacks a section known as CCR5 that helps the AIDS virus enter a cell. Doctors in Berlin hoped that putting the donor’s stem cells in the patient would rebuild his immune system ... Readmore
Stem cells in breast milk for baby’s ‘genetic destiny’
London, Nov 22 (ANI): A new research has found three different types of stem cells in breast milk which may be the reason why mother’s milk is deemed best for babies. Dr Mark Cregan, medical director at the Swiss healthcare and baby equipment company Medela, has discovered adult stem cells of epithelial (mammary) and immune origin and found “very preliminary evidence” that stem cells in breast milk boost the growth of muscle and bone tissue. According to him, mother’s milk could enable ... Readmore
Cerebral Palsy Treated with Cord Blood Stem Cells
For the thousands of families every year who learn that their infant has cerebral palsy (CP), the diagnosis can be devastating news. According to the CDC, about 100,000 babies in the US alone are affected each year by cerebral palsy. In most children, CP causes not only physical, but mental impairments. Treatments in the past have centered on managing the challenges of the disorder. That could be changing as more children with cerebral palsy are being treated cord blood. Now treatment uses Stem ... Readmore
Unknown Baby’s Cord blood stem cells saved Leukemia patient’s life
When Philips Meehan, 43 of West Sussex was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2007 he needed a bone marrow transplant. But chances seemed meek as he had no family matches and a live donor could not be found despite a 6 month search by the Anthony Nolan Trust and the NHS. It was then that Phillips was advised to go for the relatively new, but not experimental cord blood treatment. After a transplant later at the King’s College Hospital, Phillips, who is recovering to normalcy, can’t thank enough the ... Readmore
Cancer treatment by SCGF doctor in America
Stem cell therapy has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of a variety of human conditions. Rather than addressing the symptoms of a particular disease or condition, stem cell therapy seeks to address the cause of the condition, to effect repair or reversal of the disease state through the regeneration of the affected tissue. Now a day treating incurable diseases is not a major issue, Stem Cell Therapy has helped many patients getting treatment for incurable diseases of which Cancer is ... Readmore
Stem Cell Therapy helped patients for Multiple Sclerosis in Germany
Some of the patients have been treated and shown live sharing their experience and improvement after getting treatment for Multiple Sclerosis. Amanda, a 19 yr old girl and Jim Haverlock was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis by Stem Cell Therapy and Saw improvement. Amanda 19 year old girl: I am walking again, after spending the last year in a wheelchair. Amanda says that after receiving the treatment within minutes of the treatment I was able to get out of my wheelchair and walk around. I am no... Readmore
ADULT STEM CELL PRVIDING HOPE TO PATIENTS
Adult, stem cells continue to show remarkable results in treating injuries and diseases. In recently reported therapies: — Doctors in Great Britain used a man’s own stem cells and a new gel to heal his badly broken leg and prevent amputation. — Treatment with a young Australian man’s own stem cells appears to have healed him of multiple sclerosis (MS). Andrew Kent broke his right leg in five places earlier in the year in Britain, and three operations failed to bring healing, according t... Readmore
Americans can get stem cell treatment in their country
SCGF has set up Stem Cells for Hope, to help Americans get treatment overseas that due to years of research bans is not available at home. Opening up new stem cell research, the United States lags years behind the rest of the world’s advances, and it will be a decade before treatment is available. Also, the treatment itself is still illegal to administer there. So Americans have gone looking for their therapy abroad. The SCGF medical expert offers treatment at facilities in Mexico. The ai... Readmore
Stem Cell Therapy treating patients for incurable diseases
Every cell in the body “stems” from a particular “cell”. The main function of a stem cell is not yet determined. They can be classified into 3 broad categories, based on their ability to differentiate. Totipotent Stem Cells: These are found in early embryos and it is found that each cell can form a complete organism, like identical twins. Pluripotent Stem Cells: These are found in inner cell mass of blastocyst and can form any of the 200+ different cell types in the body. Multipotent S... Readmore
Stem Cells to Help Genetic Disorders
The best-known potential use of human embryonic stem cells involves cell-based therapy, where stem cells are used to repair damaged heart muscle or severed spinal cords. But the first advances are more likely to come from stem cells used to research genetic diseases and develop therapies and cures for those diseases, said Story Landis, director of the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and chairman of a stem cell task force at the National Institutes of Health. “I... Readmore
Stem Cells May Offer hope to Lung Transplants
Belgian scientists who used embryonic stem cells to create lung tissue say this technique could provide an alternative to lung transplants for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis. This is the first time it’s been shown that embryonic stem cells can be converted into airway epithelial-like cells without the use of specific growth factors or embryoid body formation. The researchers achieved this using an “air-liquid interface” system that mimic... Readmore
