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New stem cell therapy for spinal injuries
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Namita's life came to a standstill the day she suffered a spinal cord injury 16 years ago. Bound to a wheelchair all these years, she felt life was passing her by. Namita, who loved the outdoors, couldn't even move without help. But what embarrassed her most was her loss of bowel and bladder control. Depressed, she had almost become a recluse. Then life changed suddenly again after she went for a new stem cell therapy. It worked wonders — she has regained some movement of her legs; she can take a few steps with the help of a walker and has even regained control over her bladder.
Harsha, a Bangalore-based paraplegic, too has reason to smile these days. He had got used to life in a wheelchair for years. But a mesenchymal stem cell transplant in his spinal chord has given him some hope. Harsha can now move his limbs a little, and that's given him a new lease of hope.
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Overturning 2006 vote favoring stem cell research is criminal
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Fifteen months ago Missourians passed the Missouri Stem Cell
Amendment to protect research for lifesaving cures that could benefit
125 million Americans.
On Feb. 20 a Missouri judge forgot that election results are the
collective voice of the people and ruled with the minority who oppose
stem cell research.
I speak with 60,000 Missouri citizens and more than 100 respected
patient, faith and medical groups when I say I am very disappointed.
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Progress after Adult Stem Cell Therapy Offers New Hope to Iowa Spinal Cord Injury Patient
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Rich Welsh, a 28 year-old insurance agent
from Klemme, Iowa who suffered a spinal cord injury after an automobile
accident in 1999, is now on the road to recovery after stem cell
therapy in Cologne, Germany.
Cologne,
Germany (PRWEB) February 7, 2008 -- Rich Welsh, a 28 year-old insurance
agent from Klemme, Iowa who suffered a spinal cord injury after an
automobile accident in 1999, is now on the road to recovery after stem
cell therapy in Cologne, Germany.
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Nano scaffold rebuilds nerve damage
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A Monash University PhD student has developed a new technique that
could revolutionise stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease and
spinal cord injury.
David Nisbet from Monash University's Department of Materials
Engineering has used existing polymer-based biodegradable fibres, 100
times smaller than a human hair, and re-engineered them to create a
unique 3D scaffold that could potentially allow stem cells to repair
damaged nerves in the human body more quickly and effectively.
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Stem cell scaffolding repairs nerves
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A Monash University PhD student has developed a new technique that
could revolutionise stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease and
spinal cord injury.
David Nisbet from Monash University's Department of Materials
Engineering has used existing polymer-based biodegradable fibres, 100
times smaller than a human hair, and re-engineered them to create a
unique 3-D scaffold that could potentially allow stem cells to repair
damaged nerves in the human body more quickly and effectively.
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New Way To Sort Stem Cells Discovered
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 UC Irvine scientists have found a new way to sort stem cells that
should be quicker, easier and more cost-effective than current methods.
The technique could in the future expedite therapies for people with
conditions ranging from brain and spinal cord damage to
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
The method uses electrodes on a tiny, inch-long glass slide to sort
cells by their electric charges and has been used in cancer research.
The stem cell field suffers from a lack of tools for identifying and
sorting cells. This important discovery could add a new tool to current
sorting methods, which generally require expensive, bulky equipment.
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Stem cells target paralysis
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Neuralstem Inc., the tiny Rockville biotech whose human stem cells have
helped paralyzed rats walk again, is poised to launch its first trials
on severe spinal cord conditions in humans.
The 11-year-old company is finally readying for trials of its patented
nerve stem cell products on the first three of its possible targets:
traumatic spinal cord injury; another type of paralysis often
associated with stroke; and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou
Gehrig’s disease. There are no cures for the conditions.
In a study at Johns Hopkins, Neuralstem stem cells extended the life of rats with a form of ALS.
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More travel abroad for stem cell therapy
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Six years after a car accident left Jeni Rummelt
paralyzed from the waist down, she is traveling to Moscow for a
treatment aimed at helping her walk again. Rummelt,
32, who is in Russia undergoing her sixth stem cell treatment, is one
of a growing number of Americans who are seeking overseas medical
procedures for injuries and diseases long regarded as untreatable.
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Corzine right on stem-cell pursuit
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If the negative vote on stem-cell research was because of a
reluctance to spend more taxpayer dollars, it was most unfortunate. I
commend Gov. Corzine for promoting this research despite the vote,
because doing so will result in better health care for all of us. Readers
who watched the PBS program "Innovation," which documented advances in
health care already taking place using stem cells, learned spinal cord
injuries are being treated in Lisbon, Portugal, using stem cells
isolated from the person's nasal septum. Several patients have improved
feeling and mobility.
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Stem cell breakthrough could avoid ethical concerns
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Advocates on both sides of
the ethically charged debate over human embryonic stem cells hailed two
breakthrough studies unveiled Tuesday that suggested simple human skin
cells might one day lead to a vast array of new treatments without
destroying embryos.
Until now, researchers hoping to use stem cells to create replacement
organs and medicines for numerous diseases had assumed their best hope
was with human embryonic stem cells, which have the flexibility to turn
into any tissue type.
But the studies published in the journals, Cell and Science indicate
that other cells plucked from a person's hand or face may be just as
useful.
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