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Doctor honoured for baby brain-cooling cap

Posted: Published on November 27th, 2014

An Auckland professor has been awarded a medal for using a cooling cap that induces mild hypothermia to treat and prevent brain injuries in newborn babies. Alistair Gunn was awarded the MacDiarmid Medal on Wednesday for his research into the use of brain cooling on babies who experience low oxygen at birth. Using his research, the University of Auckland professor of paediatrics and physiology developed a "cooling cap", a mild hypothermia treatment to reduce brain injury in newborns. Dr Gunn's ongoing experimental studies are credited with providing the foundation for understanding how, when and for which babies, the cooling cap can successfully reduce brain damage. Based on those results, he went on to develop and lead a major international trial involving 25 perinatal centres and 234 babies in New Zealand, the US, Canada and the UK. This trial demonstrated cooling could improve survival among babies and prevent disability in all but the most severely affected babies. Follow-ups with the children at age seven and eight confirmed these results, which were supported by subsequent trials carried out by others around the world. Therapeutic hypothermia is now the global standard of care for treating babies with brain injury caused by low oxygen … Continue reading →

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Community Helping a Darboy Family Struck by Numerous Tragedies

Posted: Published on November 27th, 2014

Darboy, WI --A Darboy family has been through more tragedy in the past few years than most people experience in a lifetime. Now, the community is wrapping their arms around them to help them heal emotionally, physically and financially. 23-year-old Ellie Schaefer loves to cook. She has autism and was independent up until a few years ago when two biking accidents caused a traumatic brain injury. "Things that maybe you can do with a 5-year-old, I can't do with a 23-year-old," explained Ellie's mother, Susan Lewis. In a quest to help her daughter heal, Susan took her doctor's advice and began traveling to Colorado and Texas for specialized treatment. Besides the brain injury, a benign growth in the core of Ellie's brain also appeared on the scans. "One image alone is $3,900, so it's been difficult," Susan said. Health insurance won't cover the out-of-state care. Then, tragedy struck again. In April, a candle lit Ellie's room on fire and destroyed much of the house. Ellie's step dad was hospitalized with burns after rescuing her from the flames. Then during rebuilding of the home, flooding damaged their basement. "I just struggle everyday because of the house fire, and yeah it's hard … Continue reading →

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The Project A.L.S./Jenifer Estess Laboratory for Stem cell Research – Video

Posted: Published on November 27th, 2014

The Project A.L.S./Jenifer Estess Laboratory for Stem cell Research Founded in 2006, the Project A.L.S./Jenifer Estess Laboratory for Stem Cell Research has been responsible for many of the most striking breakthroughs in adul... By: Project A.L.S. … Continue reading →

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CSU Researchers Using Stem Cell Therapy To Treat Kidney Disease In Cats

Posted: Published on November 27th, 2014

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) Researchers at Colorado State University are using stem cell therapy to treat kidney disease in cats. Theyre hoping to learn if stem cells can stop the progression of the disease. Its the first feline stem cell program in the country which offers hope for the estimated 75 million pet cats in the U.S. As cats age, a third or more develop chronic kidney disease. The studies underway at CSU may help both the cats and eventually their humans. Squeakers (credit: CBS) Squeakers is a domestic short hair, 15 years old, part Siamese and ill. Shes actually just recently diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, said veterinarian Dr. Jessica Quimby. There is no cure for feline kidney disease except a transplant, so Squeakers owner has entrusted her to the veterinarians at CSU. Her kidneys are a little bit smallish and a little irregular, said Quimby. For five years, Quimby and her colleagues have been running clinical trials on cats in the early stages of kidney disease. They inject them with stem cells harvested from the fat of healthy cats. Weve seen variable results. Some kittens do get a little bit improvement in their kidney function, said Quimby. Right … Continue reading →

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Tremendous progress in the development of skin stem cell treatments for butterfly children

Posted: Published on November 27th, 2014

27.11.2014 - (idw) IMBA - Institut fr Molekulare Biotechnologie der sterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften GmbH Scientists at IMBA Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna have made a major advancement towards a future therapy for butterfly children. A treatment with fibroblasts generated from induced pluripotent stem cells has been highly successful in mice. The next step is to establish this method in humans. Butterfly children suffer from Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a debilitating skin disease. It is caused by a genetic defect that leads to a deficiency or complete lack of various structural proteins. In one particularly severe form, the protein collagen 7 is either missing or present only in insufficient amounts. If that bond is missing, the skin forms blisters or tears at the slightest mechanical pressure, leading to wounds and inflammation that require extensive treatment with creams and bandages. Often these constant lesions also lead to aggressive forms of skin cancer. Presently there is no cure for this disease. But there are promising approaches that could lead to successful treatments in the future. One of them is a method called fibroblast injection. In this procedure, fibroblasts are injected between the layers of the skin, … Continue reading →

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Retinitis Pigmentosa: breakthrough result after 4 years – Video

Posted: Published on November 27th, 2014

Retinitis Pigmentosa: breakthrough result after 4 years For more information, or to book an appointment, please contact us: tel:1-877-737-7876 toll free (Canada and US only) 1-604-737-7876 (International) e-mail: ... By: Weidong Yu … Continue reading →

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'Never use disability as an excuse not to achieve success'

Posted: Published on November 27th, 2014

'Never use disability as an excuse not to achieve success' KOTA KINABALU: One must never use his or her disability as an excuse to not achieve success. Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Postgraduate Award recipient Jailani Idris, who suffers from an inherited, degenerative eye disease known as Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), is a firm believer of this principle. Jailani, who just received his PhD in Curriculum and Teaching, had suffered the disease since young, leaving him with impaired vision that will eventually result on total vision loss. "There was a time in my life when I had decided to quit and give up as it was not easy for me to pursue my studies with my condition besides the need to care for my two disabled children," he said, adding that he had to read and type his work in large fonts due to his eyesight problems. "I did not give up. It was difficult but I did not give up. I wanted to show to my family and children that I was capable of doing it," he said. Jailani, who had four children, also said two of his children had suffered from a medical condition known as Hydrocephalus or 'water on … Continue reading →

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STEM CELL TRANSPLANT PART – 1 – Video

Posted: Published on November 27th, 2014

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Stem Cell Donor Gives Patient Much to be Thankful Fore

Posted: Published on November 27th, 2014

Jeanine Walsh says she has a lot to be thankful for right now. "They found the donor and it was just basically like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders." The 38yearold mother of two young children is battling leukemia for the second time in two: "I was in totally and complete shock. Shane: Everything was going so good." No members of Jeanine's family were a match for her, but a willing donor was found through the National registry. Peripheral Stem cells were collected from the donor located in the Western US earlier this week. The process takes just a few hours. Dr. Michael Schuster from Stony Brook University Hospital says, "We attach the donor to a machine. The machine takes blood form the donor, filters out the stem cells if you will and returns the rest of the blood to the donor." He says a stem cell transplant is critical for Jeanine. "When leukemia comes back as it has in this case there is zero chance for a cure without a transplant." "We will get through it, says Jeanine's husband Shane. She will get through it, did it once we will do it again right." Jeanine is recovering … Continue reading →

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Amy try's Botox for the first time at Skin 365. – Video

Posted: Published on November 27th, 2014

Amy try's Botox for the first time at Skin 365. Newbie to Botox? Apprehensive? Needle phobia? At Skin 365 we take all measures to provide comfort from a very cozy treatment chair, to ice on the area before injecting and using a needle as... By: Skin 365 … Continue reading →

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