Here is a more recent story about something I mentioned a few months ago: Results of a preliminary trial have raised hopes of a new form of therapy for people suffering from Aids, which occurs in the latter stages of infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The scientists are planning further research to establish whether the treatment could even rid … Read More
Virtual Abortion Holocaust Memorial
Georgia Right to Life has launched a virtual memorial wall to remember the almost 50 MILLION unborn children murdered since the legalization of abortion in America. It was inspired by the Vietnam Memorial which, with 58,000 names, is 500 feet long. According to this story, a similar wall displaying all of the abortion victim’s names would measure 81 miles in … Read More
Windpipe Transplant Video
Some video concerning the successful transplant of a windpipe grown from a patient’s own stem cells. The first is an interview with Paolo Macchiarini who performed the operation and the second features CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta explaining the procedure: Embedded video from CNN Video Embedded video from CNN Video
Ethical Stem Cell Success Stories
LIVING BANDAGES Scientists have grown what they call a “living bandage” for a common knee injury using the patient’s own stem cells and will soon begin testing it in human patients: Scientists at Bristol University have now managed to heal cartilage tissue in a laboratory with stem cells taken from a patient’s own bone marrow. They used the cells to … Read More
Did Adult Stem Cells Cure an AIDS Patient??
An American with HIV (who also has leukemia) living in Berlin seems to have been cured of the disease after a bone marrow transplant: Dr. Gero Huetter said his 42-year-old patient, an American living in Berlin who was not identified, had been infected with the AIDS virus for more than a decade. But 20 months after undergoing a transplant of … Read More
New “First of it’s Kind” Clinical Stem Cell Trial
The Intermountain Medical Center in Murray has begun a new clinical trial using adult stem cells to prevent or repair kidney damage that can occur after open-heart surgery. For the treatment, bone marrow stem cells are injected into the bloodstream where they are carried into the kidney. Said Christof Westenfelder, chief medical officer of biotech company AlloCure: “This cell based … Read More
ASCs Treat Spinal Cord Injury…Again
I know I haven’t been reporting the latest in adult stem cell research/treatment as much as I used to. Believe me, good things are still happening. For example (h/t Jivin J): PENSACOLA, Fla. — Tara Blackwell graduated from Pine Forest High School, she was a star athlete. During a college softball tournament, she did a flip and broke her neck, … Read More
Oorah!
A very good friend of mine recently sent me an email that he said I could share with you all here on my blog. He comes from a very large home-schooling family. Since his high school graduation this spring he plans on joining the Marines, though right now he says he is having difficulty getting his transcripts and asks for … Read More
Disability Advocates Need NOT Support ESC Research!
While running his mouth at a rally today Democrat vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden questioned how those who oppose embryonic stem cell research could possibly be committed to caring for the disabled: “I hear all this talk about how the Republicans are going to work in dealing with parents who have both the joy…and the difficulty of raising a child who … Read More
Hutchison is Wrong VP Chick Pick *UPDATED
I must admit that after Hillary failed to clinch the nomination this year I am intrigued by the thought of McCain picking a woman as his VP. With the pick promised to be just days away new names of possible VP nominees are bound to surface. One name that has recently come up is TX Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Hopefully … Read More