Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Therapy Successful: Paralysed Patient ...
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Korean researchers, using stem cells isolated from umbilical cord blood, succeeded in reversing the paralysis of the lower limbs caused by spinal cord injury, of a 37-year-old female patient.
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Researchers have suggested that some forms of human blindness may be treatable with cells from a patient&#39;s own bone marrow. According to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Martin Friedlander
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NEW YORK  - Early tests are raising hopes  that a new device can help people who've injured their spinal  cord.
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Cord blood offers an ethical means of using stem cells to heal illness.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A highly targeted treatment that relies on the patient's own stem cells improves outcomes for children with brain tumors called medulloblastomas, U.S. researchers report.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Brazilian doctors who  infused a stroke victim's brain with stem cells contained in  bone marrow said on Friday they would try the treatment in  others after seeing signs it may have helped the patient  recover.
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Needing a wheelchair isn't always the biggest complaint of people left paralyzed by spinal cord injury &#151; it's also the loss of bladder control. On Monday, Michigan doctors began a unique experiment to see if rerouting patients' nerves just might fix that problem.
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Doctors treat a baby with brittle bone disease while she is still in the womb, using stem cell technology.
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Doctors save the life of a baby by giving her eight blood transfusions in the womb via her umbilical cord.
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Even when the spine is damaged almost to paralysis, the PEG solution prevented the cells from rupturing irrevocably. &quot;Nearly 75 percent of the dogs we treated with PEG were able to resume a normal life,&quot; said Richard Borgens of Purdue.
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Umbilical-cord blood, now used mostly to treat children with leukemia, could save thousands of adults with the disease each year who cannot find bone marrow donors, two big studies indicate.
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Scientists are successfully treating stress incontinence with a transplant of the patient&#39;s own stem cells. Cells are removed from muscle tissue in the patient&#39;s arm, cultured in a lab, and injected into the wall of the urethra and the sphincter muscle.
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Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on Friday.
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An injection of stem cells saved the sight of mice who would otherwise have gone blind, researchers reported this week. The study raises the prospect that some forms of human blindness might be treated with cells from a patient&#39;s own bone marrow.
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They're paralyzed from diving accidents and car crashes, disabled by Parkinson's, or blind. With few options available at home in America, they search the Internet for experimental treatments Â and often land on Web sites promoting stem cell treatments in China.
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Umbilical cord stem cells and a drug that facilitates their entry into the brain may be able to reduce stroke size and damage in humans.
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For nine months, the umbilical cord is a lifeline between mother and baby, sending oxygenated blood to the growing fetus. Once the baby is born, however, that connection is often quickly severed.