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Spinal cord injury receives new hope from stem cell research Researchers at Northwestern University?s Institute for Cell Engineering are concentrating on progress with Bone Morphogenetic Proteins as a means of making a major breakthrough in recovery for victims of spinal cord injuries. As...

Grow your own body parts? Grow your own body parts? The future is now: Technology is bringing big changes in health care - ending transplant organ shortages and blunting the effects of aging. Will baby boomers or their kids reap the benefits? Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News 11-30-09 Nov...

Stem Cell Treatment may help the lungs of premature babies Stem cells have helped to heal the lungs of newborn rats, a finding that could someday help premature babies, researchers in Alberta say. Many babies who are born early have underdeveloped lungs and need to be hooked up to a...

Emory University will be the site of the first U.S. clinical trail that focuses on using stem cells to slow the progression of adults with Lou Gehrig?s disease. Rockville, Md.-based Neuralstem Inc. (Amex: CUR) hopes to use neural stem cells from the spinal cord of a fetus to slow the...

Mother optimistic after 3-year-old receives stem cell treatment in China Originally published November 26, 2009 By Susan Guynn News-Post Staff </I>Photo by Bill Green Scarlett Birkmire, 3, and her mother, Rachel, play on the floor of their Frederick home. Scarlett, blind since birth...

Installment 24 - Ask the Doctor with Dr. Javier Lopez Regenerative Medicine Institute About this Month's Host The Regenerative Medicine Institute is a team made up by physicians and allied health professionals who work together to meet the needs of patients and families living with chronic...

7 Highly Effective Habits of Happy People With Illness article by Lisa Copen As I sit here working on this article my 4-year-old son hangs out with me with a little cold and fever. I keep telling him he needs some medicine but all he has said since he got out of bed is ?I?m better now. I?m all...

Stem Cell Review -current perspectives Courtesy of ISSCR's newsletter (The Pulse), the Stem Cell Review (1) is a 10-part series,via videos, that focus on the state of stem cell science today, including medical applications and the business of stem cells. The videos can be accessed through the...

Using Stem Cells to Repair Bone Fractures Nov 23, 2009 A team at Jerusalem's Hadassah University Medical Center has managed for the first time in the world to separate platelets and adult stem cells from the blood and bone marrow of patients with fractures and inject them - causing the bones...

Stem cells may offer alternative to lung transplants Belgian scientists who used embryonic stem cells to create lung tissue said this technique could provide an alternative to lung transplants for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis. This is the first...

First Reconstitution of an Epidermis from Human Embryonic Stem Cells ScienceDaily (Nov. 20, 2009) ? Stem cell research is making great strides. This is yet again illustrated by a study carried out by the I-STEM* Institute (I-STEM/ Inserm UEVE U861/AFM), published in the Lancet on 21 November...

Stem Cells for hearing loss live chat tonight, November 19, 2009! http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2009/11/stem-cells-for-hearing-loss-live-chat.html

Lifelong Exercise Keeps Seniors Young at Heart Separate study finds stem cell therapy improves exercise capacity in patients with enlarged hearts Posted November 18, 2009 WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Lifelong exercise helps seniors keep their hearts healthy, new research shows...

Stem Cells May Improve Heart Bypass Results Patients who had bone marrow transplant with surgery did better, study finds Posted November 17, 2009 TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who received bone marrow stem cell transplants during coronary bypass surgery (CABG) experienced...

Entest BioMedical Files 3rd Patent Application for COPD Stem Cell Treatment New Patent Application covers technology to re-direct auto-immune related inflammation SAN DIEGO, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Entest BioMedical Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ENTB) announced today the filing of a third...

I thought I would pass this along. Kudos to Dr Prentice http://www.stemcellresearchfacts.org/stem-cell-successes/

Medical Minute 11-6: Risking It All On Stem Cells It's been called the next big thing in medicine, but stem cell treatment is still in its infancy. Some patients say they don't have time to wait for the studies, so they're ready to risk it all on a controversial transplant. But is that a good...

Using Stem Cells to heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diabetic foot ulcers are the primary cause of hospital admissions for diabetics. Foot ulcers that heal improperly are at risk for infection, which can lead to amputation. According to the American Diabetes Association, one in...

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) This study is for people who have chronic stable heart failure and have an ejection fraction of less than 40 percent. Participants will have an echocardiogram and will be asked to stay overnight. Compensation for time and travel is available up to $2,750 if you...

Courtesy of Bottom Line Health Q: My mother suffers from Alzheimer?s disease. I understand that this greatly increases my risk. Is there anything I can do to reduce my risk? A: People whose mothers have or had Alzheimer?s do have a heightened risk of getting the disease. (People whose...