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manouli · 06-16-2012, 10:45 AM

This is great, I hope they will approve it here in the USA too.

Stem cell treatment offers hope to those sickened after getting bone marrow

wwltv.com

Posted on June 15, 2012 at 5:53 PM

Updated yesterday at 7:35 PM

Meg Farris / Eyewitness News
Email: mfarris@wwltv.com | Twitter: @megfarriswwl

NEW ORLEANS - She was only in kindergarten when doctors gave her family the bad news.

Now she's one of the first in Louisiana to try a new treatment for people who get gravely ill after a bone marrow transplant.

The last three years of Sami Smith's life have been physically and emotionally painful.

"I literally, they try to scare me and they can't, because I've been through the scariest thing that you can," said Smith, 9, of Ponchatoula.

Her mother noticed she was napping more and bruising. Doctors diagnosed AML, a type of leukemia or blood cancer. Had she not gotten to the doctor then, she would not have made it much longer. A Child's Wish sent her to Disney World. The good news, one of her teen sisters Mary Hannah, 13, was a good bone marrow match. The transplant worked and Sami was cancer free.

more...

http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Stem...159254045.html

manouli · 06-16-2012, 10:57 AM

wow big stem cells business.

Global stem cell market to hit value of $5.1 billion by 2015

London 6/15/2012 12:34 PM GMT (TransWorldNews)

Standardized research guidelines are needed to control and encourage the development of gene therapy and stem cell treatments. Regenerative medicine is seen as an area with high future potential, as countries need ways to cope with the burden of an aging population.

The stem cell market alone is predicted to grow to around $5.1 billion by 2014, while gene therapy has also shown promise despite poor understanding of some areas of regenerative medicine and a lack of major approvals (the only approvals to date being made in Asia).

Up until now, securing research within clinics has been difficult, with a high number of failures and discontinuations throughout all phases of clinical study. Stem cell therapy uses bone marrow transplants as an established treatment method, but the development of the therapy into further applications and has not yet become common practice.

Similarly, tissue engineering has been successful in the areas of skin and bone grafts, but translation into more complex therapies has been an issue for researchers. Although scientific possibilities are ever-increasing, the true potential of regenerative medicine has yet to be demonstrated fully.

more...

http://www.transworldnews.com/108488...illion-by-2015

manouli · 06-17-2012, 07:19 PM

I think stem cells in the future will cure everything. They are moving in that direction.

Stem cell treatment to 'rebuild lost tissue from fat cells'

quote:

It is hoped that the work, jointly carried out by Dr Bruno Peault, a stem cell specialist at Edinburgh University, and Professor Chia Soo, who specialises in reconstructive surgery at the University of California, will be tested on humans within two years.

read...

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsde...at-cells-.html

chris arnold · 06-18-2012, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by manouli

I think stem cells in the future will cure everything. They are moving in that direction.

I believe there is much in this - let's hope for a bright future!!

manouli · 06-18-2012, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris arnold

I believe there is much in this - let's hope for a bright future!!

that will be great!

manouli · 06-20-2012, 09:55 AM

we are going to hear more with stem cells clinical trials, then therapies.

Stem Cell Clinical Trials Suggest Highly Touted Medical Technology Is Headed For Prime Time
| Posted: 06/20/2012 7:46 am Updated: 06/20/2012 7:46 am

Medicine, Science News, Science News

By Dennis Normile

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN—For more than a decade, stem cell therapies have been touted as offering hope for those suffering from genetic and degenerative diseases. The promise took another step toward reality last week with announcements here at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) that two groups are moving forward with human clinical research, one focusing on a rare genetic neurological disease and the other for the loss of vision in the elderly.

StemCells Inc. of Newark, California, reported encouraging results of an initial human trial using human neural stem cells to treat Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD). PMD is a progressive and fatal disorder in which a genetic mutation inhibits the normal growth of myelin, a protective material that envelopes nerve fibers in the brain. Without myelin, nerve signals are lost, and the patient, usually an infant, suffers degenerating motor coordination and other neurological symptoms. In her presentation, Ann Tsukamoto, StemCells' vice president for research, said the company chose to test its neural stem cell approach on PMD because there is currently no treatment for the condition and a diagnosis can be confirmed by genetic testing and magnetic resonance imaging. "This creates an opportunity for early intervention when it can best help."

more...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0..._hp_ref=health

manouli · 06-21-2012, 06:40 PM

when they are able to follow inside the body, then the next step is to control them what to do and where to go.

Research could help track stem cells in the body

Published: Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 10:33 in Biology & Nature
Researchers at the University have developed new methods to track stem cells and further understanding of what happens to them after they have been in the body for a significant period of time. Stem cells are used to treat conditions such as leukemia and have the potential to treat many more diseases and disorders where patient survival is reliant on organ and tissue donation. Currently, however, it is difficult for medics to establish whether stem cells have survived following transplantation in the body and if they reach their target site or migrate elsewhere.

read...

http://esciencenews.com/articles/201...tem.cells.body

manouli · 06-22-2012, 12:19 PM

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Treatment Advances Using Stem Cells
Main Category: Muscular Dystrophy / ALS
Also Included In: Stem Cell Research
Article Date: 22 Jun 2012 - 0:00 PDT

Regenerative Medicine Institute research sheds new light on cell death in a common, lethal genetic disease in children, suggesting paths for potential treatment

Cedars-Sinai's Regenerative Medicine Institute has pioneered research on how motor-neuron cell-death occurs in patients with spinal muscular atrophy, offering an important clue in identifying potential medicines to treat this leading genetic cause of death in infants and toddlers.

continue...

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/246903.php

manouli · 06-25-2012, 02:24 PM

this will be great when we brake a bone to heal very fast.

Speeding Up Bone Growth by Manipulating Stem Cells
Released: 6/25/2012 8:00 AM EDT
Source: University of South Carolina

Newswise — If you break a bone, you know you'll end up in a cast for weeks. But what if the time it took to heal a break could be cut in half? Or cut to just a tenth of the time it takes now? Qian Wang, a chemistry professor at the University of South Carolina, has made tantalizing progress toward that goal.

Wang, Andrew Lee and co-workers just reported in Molecular Pharmaceutics that surfaces coated with bionanoparticles could greatly accelerate the early phases of bone growth. Their coatings, based in part on genetically modified Tobacco mosaic virus, reduced the amount of time it took to convert stem cells into bone nodules – from two weeks to just two days.

more....

http://newswise.com/articles/speedin...&page=1&search[status]=3&search[sort]=date+desc&search[section]=20&search[has_multimedia]=

manouli · 06-27-2012, 02:37 PM

I am so happy for the little girl, it must been very painful for her.

Global Collaboration Enables Stem Cell Therapy to Rehabilitate Tragically Burned 3-Year-Old.

Johannesburg, South Africa (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

After three-year-old Isabella “Pippie” Kruger was burned on over 80% of her body in a tragic accident, her mother was left searching for a viable option to repair her extremely damaged skin and save her life.

more...

http://news.yahoo.com/global-collabo...072608888.html

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06-16-2012, 10:45 AM	#5001
manouli Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: florida Posts: 9,338	This is great, I hope they will approve it here in the USA too. Stem cell treatment offers hope to those sickened after getting bone marrow wwltv.com Posted on June 15, 2012 at 5:53 PM Updated yesterday at 7:35 PM Meg Farris / Eyewitness News Email: mfarris@wwltv.com \| Twitter: @megfarriswwl NEW ORLEANS - She was only in kindergarten when doctors gave her family the bad news. Now she's one of the first in Louisiana to try a new treatment for people who get gravely ill after a bone marrow transplant. The last three years of Sami Smith's life have been physically and emotionally painful. "I literally, they try to scare me and they can't, because I've been through the scariest thing that you can," said Smith, 9, of Ponchatoula. Her mother noticed she was napping more and bruising. Doctors diagnosed AML, a type of leukemia or blood cancer. Had she not gotten to the doctor then, she would not have made it much longer. A Child's Wish sent her to Disney World. The good news, one of her teen sisters Mary Hannah, 13, was a good bone marrow match. The transplant worked and Sami was cancer free. more... http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Stem...159254045.html

06-16-2012, 10:57 AM	#5002
manouli Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: florida Posts: 9,338	wow big stem cells business. Global stem cell market to hit value of $5.1 billion by 2015 London 6/15/2012 12:34 PM GMT (TransWorldNews) Standardized research guidelines are needed to control and encourage the development of gene therapy and stem cell treatments. Regenerative medicine is seen as an area with high future potential, as countries need ways to cope with the burden of an aging population. The stem cell market alone is predicted to grow to around $5.1 billion by 2014, while gene therapy has also shown promise despite poor understanding of some areas of regenerative medicine and a lack of major approvals (the only approvals to date being made in Asia). Up until now, securing research within clinics has been difficult, with a high number of failures and discontinuations throughout all phases of clinical study. Stem cell therapy uses bone marrow transplants as an established treatment method, but the development of the therapy into further applications and has not yet become common practice. Similarly, tissue engineering has been successful in the areas of skin and bone grafts, but translation into more complex therapies has been an issue for researchers. Although scientific possibilities are ever-increasing, the true potential of regenerative medicine has yet to be demonstrated fully. more... http://www.transworldnews.com/108488...illion-by-2015

06-17-2012, 07:19 PM	#5003
manouli Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: florida Posts: 9,338	I think stem cells in the future will cure everything. They are moving in that direction. Stem cell treatment to 'rebuild lost tissue from fat cells' quote: It is hoped that the work, jointly carried out by Dr Bruno Peault, a stem cell specialist at Edinburgh University, and Professor Chia Soo, who specialises in reconstructive surgery at the University of California, will be tested on humans within two years. read... http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsde...at-cells-.html

06-20-2012, 09:55 AM	#5006
manouli Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: florida Posts: 9,338	we are going to hear more with stem cells clinical trials, then therapies. Stem Cell Clinical Trials Suggest Highly Touted Medical Technology Is Headed For Prime Time \| Posted: 06/20/2012 7:46 am Updated: 06/20/2012 7:46 am Medicine, Science News, Science News By Dennis Normile YOKOHAMA, JAPAN—For more than a decade, stem cell therapies have been touted as offering hope for those suffering from genetic and degenerative diseases. The promise took another step toward reality last week with announcements here at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) that two groups are moving forward with human clinical research, one focusing on a rare genetic neurological disease and the other for the loss of vision in the elderly. StemCells Inc. of Newark, California, reported encouraging results of an initial human trial using human neural stem cells to treat Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD). PMD is a progressive and fatal disorder in which a genetic mutation inhibits the normal growth of myelin, a protective material that envelopes nerve fibers in the brain. Without myelin, nerve signals are lost, and the patient, usually an infant, suffers degenerating motor coordination and other neurological symptoms. In her presentation, Ann Tsukamoto, StemCells' vice president for research, said the company chose to test its neural stem cell approach on PMD because there is currently no treatment for the condition and a diagnosis can be confirmed by genetic testing and magnetic resonance imaging. "This creates an opportunity for early intervention when it can best help." more... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0..._hp_ref=health

06-21-2012, 06:40 PM	#5007
manouli Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: florida Posts: 9,338	when they are able to follow inside the body, then the next step is to control them what to do and where to go. Research could help track stem cells in the body Published: Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 10:33 in Biology & Nature Researchers at the University have developed new methods to track stem cells and further understanding of what happens to them after they have been in the body for a significant period of time. Stem cells are used to treat conditions such as leukemia and have the potential to treat many more diseases and disorders where patient survival is reliant on organ and tissue donation. Currently, however, it is difficult for medics to establish whether stem cells have survived following transplantation in the body and if they reach their target site or migrate elsewhere. read... http://esciencenews.com/articles/201...tem.cells.body

06-22-2012, 12:19 PM	#5008
manouli Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: florida Posts: 9,338	Spinal Muscular Atrophy Treatment Advances Using Stem Cells Main Category: Muscular Dystrophy / ALS Also Included In: Stem Cell Research Article Date: 22 Jun 2012 - 0:00 PDT Regenerative Medicine Institute research sheds new light on cell death in a common, lethal genetic disease in children, suggesting paths for potential treatment Cedars-Sinai's Regenerative Medicine Institute has pioneered research on how motor-neuron cell-death occurs in patients with spinal muscular atrophy, offering an important clue in identifying potential medicines to treat this leading genetic cause of death in infants and toddlers. continue... http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/246903.php

06-25-2012, 02:24 PM	#5009
manouli Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: florida Posts: 9,338	this will be great when we brake a bone to heal very fast. Speeding Up Bone Growth by Manipulating Stem Cells Released: 6/25/2012 8:00 AM EDT Source: University of South Carolina Newswise — If you break a bone, you know you'll end up in a cast for weeks. But what if the time it took to heal a break could be cut in half? Or cut to just a tenth of the time it takes now? Qian Wang, a chemistry professor at the University of South Carolina, has made tantalizing progress toward that goal. Wang, Andrew Lee and co-workers just reported in Molecular Pharmaceutics that surfaces coated with bionanoparticles could greatly accelerate the early phases of bone growth. Their coatings, based in part on genetically modified Tobacco mosaic virus, reduced the amount of time it took to convert stem cells into bone nodules – from two weeks to just two days. more.... http://newswise.com/articles/speedin...&page=1&search[status]=3&search[sort]=date+desc&search[section]=20&search[has_multimedia]=

06-27-2012, 02:37 PM	#5010
manouli Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: florida Posts: 9,338	I am so happy for the little girl, it must been very painful for her. Global Collaboration Enables Stem Cell Therapy to Rehabilitate Tragically Burned 3-Year-Old. Johannesburg, South Africa (PRWEB) June 27, 2012 After three-year-old Isabella “Pippie” Kruger was burned on over 80% of her body in a tragic accident, her mother was left searching for a viable option to repair her extremely damaged skin and save her life. more... http://news.yahoo.com/global-collabo...072608888.html