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» Transplants Using Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Restore Functions for Spinal Cord Injury Patients

Published 09/24/2007 | Adult Stem Cell , September 2007 | Rating:

Preliminary Results Involving 38 Patients Presented at 2007 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting

PrimeCell(TM) Therapeutics LLC today announced that it provided research support and pre-clinical studies for a clinical trial that involved the implantation of autologous adult bone marrow stem cells into spinal cord injury (SCI) patients - resulting in some restored function for patients who have been paralyzed for an average of four years, some up to 22 years.

» Doctors treat spinal cord injury with stem cell therapy

Published 02/24/2007 | Adult Stem Cell , February 2007 | Rating:

Doctors at a hospital here have claimed they successfully used stem cell therapy to enable a 25-year-old man, who injured his spinal cord in a fall in July last year, to walk normally again. This is the first time that Indian doctors have resorted to stem cell therapy to cure spinal cord problems, said J S Rajkumar, chief surgeon of the corporate Lifeline multi- speciality hospital.

Akbar Ali, who was employed by a construction company in Abu Dhabi, was injured when he fell from the fourth floor of a building being built by the firm. When he was admitted to a hospital in Abu Dhabi, a plate was fitted to treat his spinal fracture, but he could not stand up on his own. Ali was brought here by his parents in a wheelchair and admitted to the Lifeline hospital.

» Adult Stem Cells Proving Worth In Spinal Healing

Published 11/30/2006 | November 2006 , Adult Stem Cell | Rating:

Debilitating spinal chord injuries not only affect mobility, but can lead to other serious health problems.

However, a new groundbreaking study conducted at the University of Louisville’s School of Medicine may lead to a new therapy to reverse those effects.

With the help of 10 years of research, a Louisville doctor is using stem cells from nasal passages to help rebuild damaged spinal chord tissue.

"It's terribly exciting; we do research all our lives,” Dr. Fred Roisen said.

» Right under our noses

Published 08/23/2006 | Adult Stem Cell , August 2006 | Unrated

AM writing from the perspective of a neurobiologist, who has been working in the area of neural regeneration for over 20 years.

This has led to a concerted research program in the past five years investigating an adult stem cell. I am writing, therefore, in the context of technological developments in adult stem cell biology.

» Adult Stem Cell Research Benefits Spinal Cord Patients Like Christopher Reeve

Published 07/24/2006 | July 2006 , Adult Stem Cell | Rating:

Lisbon, Portugal (LifeNews.com) -- Before his death, Superman actor Christopher Reeve captured the hearts of millions with his deeply felt pitch for taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research. However, new studies show that its adult stem cells that are beginning to offer the most hope for those paralyzed from spinal cord injuries.

Dr. Carlos Lima of Portugal has recently published research showing restored motor function and sensation in a few paralyzed patients using adult stem cells obtained from a patient's own nose.

» New Source of Multipotent Adult Stem Cells in Human Hair Follicles

Published 07/12/2006 | July 2006 , Adult Stem Cell | Unrated

Researchers have isolated a new source of adult stem cells that appear to have the potential to differentiate into several cell types. These cells may one day have applications for a host of disorders, including peripheral nerve disease, Parkinson’s disease, and spinal cord injury.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have isolated a new source of adult stem cells that appear to have the potential to differentiate into several cell types. If their approach to growing these cells can be scaled up and proves to be safe and effective in animal and human studies, it could one day provide the tissue needed by an individual for treating a host of disorders, including peripheral nerve disease, Parkinson’s disease, and spinal cord injury.