July 23, '09: Israel leads world in stem cell research
Category: Stem Cell Related
Posted by: stuart
Published: Tue, 21 Jul 2009
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July 19, '09: MS related: Community gathers to help local woman seek cutting-edge treatment in Israel
Category: Stem Cell Related
Posted by: stuart
By Larissa Theodore, Times Staff
Published: Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:15 PM EDT
Patti “Trish” Brown was in her late 30s when she first began having symptoms of multiple sclerosis. The Beaver resident remembers bending her head forward and feeling a shock down the length of her spine. She asked two physicians, but neither was concerned. So Brown pushed the symptoms aside until 1998 when she had a major flare.
She and a friend were walking in the Beaver Cemetery when her right foot stopped working.
“I couldn’t take another step,” said Brown, now 53.
Her symptoms only worsened — from severe fatigue to balance and walking problems. One day, numbness crept into her feet and up her legs, and by that afternoon had worked its way up to her chest. Last year, Brown was officially diagnosed with the disease.
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Patti “Trish” Brown was in her late 30s when she first began having symptoms of multiple sclerosis. The Beaver resident remembers bending her head forward and feeling a shock down the length of her spine. She asked two physicians, but neither was concerned. So Brown pushed the symptoms aside until 1998 when she had a major flare.
She and a friend were walking in the Beaver Cemetery when her right foot stopped working.
“I couldn’t take another step,” said Brown, now 53.
Her symptoms only worsened — from severe fatigue to balance and walking problems. One day, numbness crept into her feet and up her legs, and by that afternoon had worked its way up to her chest. Last year, Brown was officially diagnosed with the disease.
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May 08, '09: Positive Results of Stem Cell Transplantation to Treat Multiple Sclerosis: Study May be Key to Unlocking a Cure
Category: Stem Cell Related
Posted by: stuart
Source: Red Orbit
United Spinal Association Reports Positive Results of Stem Cell Transplantation to Treat Multiple Sclerosis: Study May be Key to Unlocking a Cure
Posted on: Friday, 8 May 2009, 07:32 CDT
NEW YORK, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An article published in the Summer 2009 edition of Multiple Sclerosis Quarterly Report, a joint publication of United Spinal Association (www.UnitedSpinal.org) and the North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS), highlights the positive initial results of patients who have improving neurologic function after receiving a stem cell transplant, despite no longer taking any MS medications.
The results are reported in a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored study called HALT-MS to confirm whether high-dose immunosuppression followed by autologous stem cell transplantation will prevent MS attacks in patients who are not responding to available treatment options and ultimately protect against the degeneration of nerve fibers.
The article, written by George H. Kraft, MD, MS, director of the Western MS Center in Seattle, Washington, and colleagues, reveals the promising outcomes of the first three patients entered into the HALT-MS Study, including a 27-year-old woman with an 8-year history of relapsing MS who was treated with five different MS drugs, but continued to have relapses.
=============================================United Spinal Association Reports Positive Results of Stem Cell Transplantation to Treat Multiple Sclerosis: Study May be Key to Unlocking a Cure
Posted on: Friday, 8 May 2009, 07:32 CDT
NEW YORK, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An article published in the Summer 2009 edition of Multiple Sclerosis Quarterly Report, a joint publication of United Spinal Association (www.UnitedSpinal.org) and the North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS), highlights the positive initial results of patients who have improving neurologic function after receiving a stem cell transplant, despite no longer taking any MS medications.
The results are reported in a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored study called HALT-MS to confirm whether high-dose immunosuppression followed by autologous stem cell transplantation will prevent MS attacks in patients who are not responding to available treatment options and ultimately protect against the degeneration of nerve fibers.
The article, written by George H. Kraft, MD, MS, director of the Western MS Center in Seattle, Washington, and colleagues, reveals the promising outcomes of the first three patients entered into the HALT-MS Study, including a 27-year-old woman with an 8-year history of relapsing MS who was treated with five different MS drugs, but continued to have relapses.
March 23, '09: Adult stem cell treatment gives MS patient new life
Category: Stem Cell Related
Posted by: stuart
V V Daily Press
March 21, 2009 - 5:51 PM
written by: Patrick thatcher
APPLE VALLEY • Fatigue, blurred vision, immobility, numbness and bladder control problems. For Holly Huber, that was life with multiple sclerosis.
Symptoms of the degenerative disease became so chronic and unbearable that Huber, a Victor Valley native now living in San Diego, could no longer work.
As part of her treatment she had to give herself daily injections of potent drugs in a futile effort to fight the disease. Even with medical insurance she was still paying $1,450 a month for medication that she said was becoming less effective each month.
“I could tell my legs were getting weaker and my balance and eyesight was getting worse,” Huber said. “I really felt that I needed to be aggressive with my health care so that I didn’t end up being permanently disabled.”
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March 21, 2009 - 5:51 PM
written by: Patrick thatcher
APPLE VALLEY • Fatigue, blurred vision, immobility, numbness and bladder control problems. For Holly Huber, that was life with multiple sclerosis.
Symptoms of the degenerative disease became so chronic and unbearable that Huber, a Victor Valley native now living in San Diego, could no longer work.
As part of her treatment she had to give herself daily injections of potent drugs in a futile effort to fight the disease. Even with medical insurance she was still paying $1,450 a month for medication that she said was becoming less effective each month.
“I could tell my legs were getting weaker and my balance and eyesight was getting worse,” Huber said. “I really felt that I needed to be aggressive with my health care so that I didn’t end up being permanently disabled.”
Category: Stem Cell Related
Posted by: stuart
Obama to Lift Ban on Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 6, 2009; 3:52 PM
President Obama is planning to sign an executive order on Monday rolling back restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, according to sources close to the issue.
Although the exact wording of the order has not been revealed, the White House plans an 11 a.m. ceremony to sign the order repealing one of the most controversial steps taken by his predecessor, fulfilling one of Obama's eagerly anticipated campaign promises.
The move, long sought by scientists and patient advocates and opposed by religious groups, would enable the National Institutes of Health to consider requests from scientists to study hundreds of lines of cells that have been developed since the limitations were put in place -- lines that scientists and patient advocate say hold great hope for leading to cures for a host of major ailments.
February 19, '09: >Warning over 'stem-cell tourists'
Category: Stem Cell Related
Posted by: stuart
Warning over 'stem-cell tourists'
Published Date: 19 February 2009
By LYNDSAY MOSS - News.scotsman.com
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Warning-over-39stemcell-tourists39.4995013.jp
'I FELT I had nothing to lose. I am just going to get worse and worse anyway. I thought I'd just take the bull by the horns and go for it." Moira Ogilvie was desperate. So the multiple sclerosis sufferer joined an increasing number of Scots going overseas for experimental stem-cell treatment not available in the UK.
But experts are increasingly concerned about the safety of such therapies, which have not been properly approved, and they say patients could be putting themselves at risk.
Hundreds of "stem-cell tourists" from the UK are believed to head abroad for these treatments each year and the number of people asking medical experts for advice is growing.
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Published Date: 19 February 2009
By LYNDSAY MOSS - News.scotsman.com
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Warning-over-39stemcell-tourists39.4995013.jp
'I FELT I had nothing to lose. I am just going to get worse and worse anyway. I thought I'd just take the bull by the horns and go for it." Moira Ogilvie was desperate. So the multiple sclerosis sufferer joined an increasing number of Scots going overseas for experimental stem-cell treatment not available in the UK.
But experts are increasingly concerned about the safety of such therapies, which have not been properly approved, and they say patients could be putting themselves at risk.
Hundreds of "stem-cell tourists" from the UK are believed to head abroad for these treatments each year and the number of people asking medical experts for advice is growing.
February 17, '09: Global Listing of Stem Cell Treatment Centers
Category: Stem Cell Related
Posted by: stuart
Information Provided by : Stuart Schlossman
While the American news media continues to focus its attention on embryonic stem cells, Europe, Asia and Latin America have established the lead in stem cell research by using adult stem cells. Here is our list of the top seven stem cell treatment centers in the world. There are two in Latin America, two in Europe, one in Israel, and three in Asia.
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=============================================While the American news media continues to focus its attention on embryonic stem cells, Europe, Asia and Latin America have established the lead in stem cell research by using adult stem cells. Here is our list of the top seven stem cell treatment centers in the world. There are two in Latin America, two in Europe, one in Israel, and three in Asia.
Click here to continue reading
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February 02, '09: Stem cell transplant reverses early stage multiple sclerosis
Category: Stem Cell Related
Posted by: stuart
Eureka Alert
Contact: Marla Paul
marla-Paul@northwestern.edu
312-503-8928
Northwestern University
Stem cell transplant reverses early stage multiple sclerosis
CHICAGO --- Researchers from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine appear to have reversed the neurological dysfunction of early-stage multiple sclerosis patients by transplanting their own immune stem cells into their bodies and thereby "resetting" their immune systems.
"This is the first time we have turned the tide on this disease," said principal investigator Richard Burt, M.D. chief of immunotherapy for autoimmune diseases at the Feinberg School. The clinical trial was performed at Northwestern Memorial Hospital where Burt holds the same title.
=============================================Contact: Marla Paul
marla-Paul@northwestern.edu
312-503-8928
Northwestern University
Stem cell transplant reverses early stage multiple sclerosis
CHICAGO --- Researchers from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine appear to have reversed the neurological dysfunction of early-stage multiple sclerosis patients by transplanting their own immune stem cells into their bodies and thereby "resetting" their immune systems.
"This is the first time we have turned the tide on this disease," said principal investigator Richard Burt, M.D. chief of immunotherapy for autoimmune diseases at the Feinberg School. The clinical trial was performed at Northwestern Memorial Hospital where Burt holds the same title.
January 30, '09: Project Restore - And the use of Embryonic Stem Cells and More
Category: Stem Cell Related
Posted by: stuart
Provided by Kirstie in Miami:
The people behind Project RESTORE - patients and their loved ones, physicians and researchers, board members and volunteers - believe that we are at the brink of a medical revolution in the diagnosis, treatment and ability to cure multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis and other neuroimmunological disorders. Watch and read more>>
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HOPKINS SCIENTISTS USE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS, NEW CUES TO AWAKEN LATENT MOTOR NERVE REPAIR
If you have questions about this research, please call 410.614.6651
June 20, 2006 -- In a dramatic display of stem cells’ potential for healing, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists reports that they’ve engineered new, completed, fully-working motor neuron circuits -- neurons stretching from spinal cord to target muscles -- in paralyzed adult animals.
=============================================The people behind Project RESTORE - patients and their loved ones, physicians and researchers, board members and volunteers - believe that we are at the brink of a medical revolution in the diagnosis, treatment and ability to cure multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis and other neuroimmunological disorders. Watch and read more>>
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HOPKINS SCIENTISTS USE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS, NEW CUES TO AWAKEN LATENT MOTOR NERVE REPAIR
If you have questions about this research, please call 410.614.6651
June 20, 2006 -- In a dramatic display of stem cells’ potential for healing, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists reports that they’ve engineered new, completed, fully-working motor neuron circuits -- neurons stretching from spinal cord to target muscles -- in paralyzed adult animals.
January 30, '09: Stem cell transplants show promise for MS: U.S. study
Category: Stem Cell Related
Posted by: stuart
Source: Reuters News
Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:47pm EST
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have reversed multiple sclerosis symptoms in early stage patients by using bone marrow stem cell transplants to reset the immune system, they said on Thursday.
Some 81 percent of patients in the early phase study showed signs of improvement with the treatment, which used chemotherapy to destroy the immune system, and injections of the patient's bone marrow cells taken beforehand to rebuild it.
"We just start over with new cells from the stem cells," said Dr. Richard Burt of Northwestern University in Chicago, whose study appears in the journal Lancet Neurology.
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Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:47pm EST
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have reversed multiple sclerosis symptoms in early stage patients by using bone marrow stem cell transplants to reset the immune system, they said on Thursday.
Some 81 percent of patients in the early phase study showed signs of improvement with the treatment, which used chemotherapy to destroy the immune system, and injections of the patient's bone marrow cells taken beforehand to rebuild it.
"We just start over with new cells from the stem cells," said Dr. Richard Burt of Northwestern University in Chicago, whose study appears in the journal Lancet Neurology.
