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University of Buffalo scientists believe that stem cells derived from hair follicles may be able to be formed into new blood vessels. Yes you read that correctly, these “adult” stem cells can be formed into “new” blood vessels: During the study, UB researchers showed that stem cells isolated from sheep hair follicles contain the smooth muscle cells that grow new … Read More
Here’s another adult stem cell success story that might interest Michael J. Fox, Uterine Stem Cells Create New Neurons That Can Curb Parkinson’s Disease (h/t Wesley Smith): The injection of uterine stem cells trigger growth of new brain cells in mice with Parkinson’s disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in an abstract presented at the 2008 Society for Gynecologic … Read More
Yesterday I had news for Nancy Reagan. Now it’s Fox’s turn. As a well known public figure with Parkinson’s Disease, Michael J. Fox made himself quite the spokesman for research that requires the creation, use and destruction of human life as a means of finding cures for diseases such as his own. No doubt he was excited to hear that … Read More
Once the late Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s Disease progressed so far that his wife Nancy could, “no longer reach him” she, and her son Ron, came out publicly in favor of embryonic stem cell research in the hope of finding a cure for this devastating disease. They have both been strong advocates for this life destroying research ever since. But Ron … Read More
Adult Stem Cell Awareness has is an interesting story from Bill Schneeberger, the founder of BoGo Wines, whose proceeds go to support adult stem cell research. On an airplane recently he spoke with a woman who admitted that she didn’t know whether or not she had any stem cells in her own body. Bill goes around the country promoting BOGO … Read More
While most states are in a race to stimulate their economy by throwing hundreds of thousands and even billions of dollars into unethical and unproven research involving the use and destruction of human life the market for adult stem cells is multiplying rapidly and investors are taking notice. From the Chicago Tribune: A gathering known as the Stem Cell Summit … Read More
ASCA has some encouraging stories up: First find out about two diabetic brothers whose hope for a cure does not include treatments that may someday result from research using human embryos, and a Michigan woman who has had successful stem cell treatments for her spinal cord injury. Also, bone marrow transplants may be able to treat those with the painful … Read More
Shhh…don’t tell the drug companies! Here is a news clip from the Journal of the American Medical Association about patients with auto immune diseases and cardiovascular disorders being treated with their own stem cells. From Dr. Richard Burt from Northwestern University Feinburg School of Medicine on the JAMA Report: “It’s a whole new approach to these diseases, rather than just … Read More
Right now scientists are investigating the optimal dosage and timing for stem cell therapy in adults with strokes and newborns with ischemic injuries. If these additional laboratory studies replicate the promising results of the pilot studies, which indicate about a 25 percent improvement in recovery over controls, MCG and VA researchers hope to begin clinical trials in new ischemic injuries … Read More