Paralyzed rat walks with own stem cells in 11 wks.

[BMWBiker2]

Pharmacutical companies don't want a cure for anything. It's money over research. You'll never get a grant for this and from the date of the video, I doubt it went very far.

[robert80taylor]

Other recent MS patients who have had Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (ASCT), or stem cell therapy have posted videos and comments on YouTube v=jFQr2eqm3Cg. Log on to ccsviclinic. ca for more information.

[robert80taylor]

Autologous stem cell transplantation is a procedure by which blood-forming stem cells are removed, and later injected back into the patient. All stem cells are taken from the patient themselves and cultured for later injection. In the case of a bone marrow transplant, the HSC are typically removed from the Pelvis through a large needle that can reach into the bone. Log on to ccsviclinic. ca for more information.

[robert80taylor]

The technique is referred to as a bone marrow harvest and is performed under a general anesthesia. The incidence of patients experiencing rejection is rare due to the donor and recipient being the same individual. This remains the only approved method of the SCT therapy. Log on to ccsviclinic. ca for more information.

[capnhands]

lazy dumbfuck American scientists are just screwing around with erectile dysfunction instead of curing sci.

[jimmyshitbags]

so how long before this gets used effectively in humans?

[Wher3Wuzi]

All diploid cells can make anything in a process called meiosis. a heart cell's job is to make heart cells but it still carries the genetic info needed to produce something like liver cells or lung cells. Steam cell research is basically the study of how to activate diploid cells into making certain organs. altho sex celss aka hapolid cells are a exception, and they can only produce more sex cells. its rly intresting stuff.

[WayCurious]

These are NOT the cells to which you refer. These are cells found in the nose.

you're referring to iPS, which used the retrovirus but Dr. Yamanaka's lab now introduces the genes without using a virus (published Oct '08 SCIENCE). Other methods include 2nd generation (no virus) and using harmless adenoviruses that ultimately disappear from the new cells. Scripps Institute is reprogramming general cells to pluripotent cells in a completely chemically defined manner without genetic manipulation

[916bigAl]

if the government has the technology to manipulate the weather (Haarp)and turn people invisible with a cloak im pretty sure they can figure out how to fix a circuit problem within the nervous sytem. Like c3 said theyre just jerkin us around.

[Lolzerd]

hehe, they probably want people paralyzed to feel better, its probably not true xD

[WayCurious]

Dr. Roisen is at University of Louisville in TN - look it up. (You look smarter if you do it before you comment, though.)

[Bartholomo]

The only thing that's not true is your mother loves you.

[whoneedsaname5]

y aren't we funding this? seriously

[916bigAl]

because these stem cells have viruses in them that can cause cancer.

[WayCurious]

Not true, Al. These are perfectly safe. Never had cancer. (If you are referring to induced pluripotent stem cells, iPS, or 'embryonic from skin' then they used those virus' in the early stages of developing - but that is long overcome.)

[916bigAl]

YAMANAKA:"We have never claimed that we generated iPS cells from terminally differentiated cells. We agree that the origin of iPS cells may be tissue stem or progenitor cells co-existing in fibroblast cultures."

[916bigAl]

"However, scientists still must figure out how to manipulate these cells without using viruses, as has been done by all researchers, he said. The viruses have been linked to cancer.

I'm confident we'll get there . . . soon, Snyder said

October 2008

[C3POROBOT1]

When is this video from?

[WayCurious]

The press release was about March 2006, and the video was probably from around then. More recently, the University of Louisville received an $8.5 million federal grant to do various studies on spinal repair - including moving this to human studies. It is similar to what Dr. Lima of Portugal is doing (with humans).

[C3POROBOT1]

Thanks for your reply. The reason I ask is that I had seen a similar piece in the early 90's about a rat that had the same procedure, and I thought this might be the same one. I had never heard another thing about it, and this very well could have been the same one as far as I knew. I'm a para, of 22 years, and have found that there are always these "breakthroughs" that never come to fruition in regards to humans. It truly pisses me off. It truly seems as if they're just jerking our chains

[C3POROBOT1]

Just so you know, I don't mean to sound bitter in this, as I've accepted my situation, but each generation seems to be fed the same crap, with nothing being agressively done with humans. I'm a former craig hospital patient and employee. peace

[WayCurious]

I'm not sure if anything will be done for someone w/length of time as you reasonably soon as scar tissue & more interferes. Contact the researchers in the articles you read. Most list a university or hospital and you can do a search of their names + the facility + biography and often their email is right there. Also, keep an eye on website ClinicalTrials*gov and contact there. Nice letters may get you into early trials. UberRehab sometimes helpful. I'm very sorry to hear about your condition.

[alejandraadrianac]

i dont like this doctor i think he think we have a memory problem all of us.this tecnology is all from the eighties and for some reason have been quiet for so long.they should be uch more advanced at this time.they are showing the wright brothers plane and hidding the space transbordator..

[msiucaldera]

Just to let you know that there are natural substances as well as less invasive therapies that help your body release more of your own adult stem cells. Some of my family members have greatly benefitted from them.

[alejandraadrianac]

i will like to know ,if you know if the rats can also have down syndrom.i have an idea...

[Rab867]

The churches are spending millions of dollars to fight real embrotic stemm cell research. If you Google "stemm cell research" you will find thousands of web sites with disinformation on it. If you do a "who is" look up of the owners of the sites you will see it's the churches who say the present methods are fine, they are lieing. We need new laws to allow us to be cured.

[WayCurious]

Huh? Rat treated w/own stem cells = church conspiracy? Pharmaceuticals spend more to use for drug testing (not cures). It's about cures, not money. 25+ yrs. of embryonic stem cell research (ES) = zero safe for humans. ClinicalTrials*dot*gov recruiting hundreds for other SCs. ES = potential hope of promises; nothing in real world. I'm a zoologist studying daily, comparative research for abt. a decade. ES form tumors/are rejected. Good for study, not cures. Your own SCs are best to fix you.

[sturmgeist1819]

what about cloning? if the church and friends would allow or at least permit limited human cloning, we could clone our own stem cells from our own personal DNA. clonedES = cures

[WayCurious]

Cloning doesn't work. Never, even in animal models, has it been used therapeutically. It also requires lots of eggs (the process for retrieval can kill women) and is completely unnecessary since we already have stem cells that match us.

[sturmgeist1819]

hmmm, complicated....yes....very

[WayCurious]

Not so much. I've yet to see embryonic outdo other stem cells in therapeutic value (goodness, they are making organs - watch my video and search ClinicalTrials*dot*gov)., and now they can make 'embryonic' from just a cheek swab (watch video) they don't even have lab study edge - they can study even resistant forms of conditions directly instead of with cells manufactured to be that way to the best of current knowledge. Why complicate with embryonic stem cells/cloning?

[sturmgeist1819]

i hear stemcells from baby teeth work well c an the cells be taken from any concentration of nervous cells?

[WayCurious]

The NIH wants a tooth bank becuase dental pulp stem cells (DPSC) appear to have pluripotent capabilities (yes, able to be neural), with middle pulp having different characteristics than elsewhere and a phenotype similar to mesenchymal (marrow / cord blood). I'm not aware of it in animal trials, but the cells do proliferate rapidly. Does this answer your question?

[sturmgeist1819]

yup

[jackboot05]

well if you spell stem cell research, stemm cell, then it's no wonder the results you're getting

[lil0egy0kid]

wow so why arent we funding this and calling it illeagle

[lldaigle]

We are. Bush supports adult stell cell research, not EMBRYONIC stem cell. Do some research.

[lil0egy0kid]

im talking about the embryonic

[windtamer9]

If "Leaders" like Mr Bush let You........

[SeanGizzle]

This is fascinating. Thanks for the post, WayCurious. I'm going to medical school after I finish my undergrad work to study stem-cells and, hopefully, put them into clinical practice.