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Restoring function after spinal cord injury: towards clinical translation of experimental strategies

Posted: Published on November 23rd, 2014

Spinal cord injury is currently incurable and treatment is limited to minimising secondary complications and maximising residual function by rehabilitation. Improved understanding of the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury and the factors that prevent nerve and tissue repair has fuelled a move towards more ambitious experimental treatments aimed at promoting neuroprotection, axonal regeneration, and neuroplasticity. By necessity, these new options are more invasive. However, in view of recent advances in spinal cord injury research and demand from patients, clinicians, and the scientific community to push promising experimental treatments to the clinic, momentum and optimism exist for the translation of candidate experimental treatments to clinical spinal cord injury. The ability to rescue, reactivate, and rewire spinal systems to restore function after spinal cord injury might soon be within reach. Read more from the original source: Restoring function after spinal cord injury: towards clinical translation of experimental strategies … Continue reading →

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Campaign launched at Bristol City match to get Whitchurch boy walking

Posted: Published on November 23rd, 2014

Oskar Pycroft needs complex surgery in the US, if he is ever to walk again Football-mad Oskar Pycroftis just like many six-year-old boys. He loves sport, ispositive and cheerful, and never misses a home match of his favourite football team, Bristol City. But Oskar, from Whitchurch, suffers fromsevere cerebral palsy,and is unable to sit, stand or walk independently. He is in constant pain with his muscles and joints. A campaign has been launched to raise money to pay for complex medical treatment, which is unavailable on the NHS. His family need 70,000 to fund it, and to start the campaign, Oskar led the Bristol City team out at their match today (Saturday) against Preston North End. His mother, Lizzie, told the BBC: "He is a wonderful child, very happy in a lot of respects, but when you see a child in pain all the time, it's gut-wrenching as there is nothing you can do physically to take it away. "You can give him medicine or massage his legs but it does not take away the pain." The operation he need is calledelective dorsal rhyzotomy (SDR) locates the malfunctioning nerves and cuts them. This helps reduce the defective signals to the … Continue reading →

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Ms. Magazine Online | More Than A Magazine – A Movement

Posted: Published on November 23rd, 2014

FROM THE LATEST ISSUE Measure by Measure In November, voters will have the opportunity to decide several critical issues in their statesfrom banning abortion and birth control to raising the minimum wage to restricting labor rights to granting state constitutional rights for women. Read more... The 88 Percent More than 88 percent of women ages 15 to 44 who have had sexual intercourse have used a highly effective, reversible method of birth control. Hobby Lobby should be of grave concern to that 88 percent. Read more... FROM THE ARCHIVE The Cherokee Word for Water Wilma Mankiller, the first woman chief of the modern Cherokee Nation, died four years ago, but thanks to a determined effort by her family and friends, her legacy lives on in film. The Cherokee Word for Water is a feature-length narrative based on a major project Mankiller took on for the Cherokee Nation. Read more... "Get Out of My Exam Room" Ohio women and feminists across the nation fight back against outrageous anti-woman state restrictions and send legislators a simple message: "We Won't Go Back." Check out this in-depth update of how pro-choice activists are standing up for their rights and get on-the-ground reports of what … Continue reading →

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MS treatment first for Inverness mum

Posted: Published on November 23rd, 2014

Published: 22/11/2014 08:00 - Updated: 21/11/2014 17:04 Written byVal Sweeney Lucy Clarke hopes pioneering MS treatment will enable her enjoy walks in the park with son, Theo (4) and husband, Dan Jenkins. A mother with multiple sclerosis is hoping to become the first Scottish patient to undergo cutting edge stem-cell treatment in a Russian clinic. Lucy Clarke, of Inverness, hopes to raise 40,000 via crowd-funding for the procedure which involves transplanting her own stem cells into her body. The 38-year-old was first diagnosed with MS, a disease of the central nervous system, nine years ago. With her condition now worsening, she has opted for treatment unavailable in the UK in a bid to halt the diseases progress and to enjoy family activities such as walking in the park. In April, the acupuncturist will travel to Moscows Pirogov Center where just 25 patients a year receive Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT). To help fund her one-month stay and post-treatment rehabilitation, her family have set up a campaign website. They are selling Lucys Light candles and her mother is also planning a fundraising skydive to coincide with her 70th birthday. Any surplus money will be used to set up a charity to … Continue reading →

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Stem cell trial to begin for children suffering from cerebral palsy

Posted: Published on November 23rd, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014, 3:05 p.m. It is hoped that a trial due to start next year, and involving about 20 Australian children with cerebral palsy, will show the benefits of using stem cells from their own umbilical cord blood to treat the condition. About 20 Australian children with cerebral palsy will be infused with their own umbilical cord blood in a trial due to start next year, as physicians warn families against travelling overseas for experimental stem cell treatments. The long-awaited Australian trial will provide some of the world's first evidence about the safety and effectiveness of using stem cells from umbilical cord blood to repair brain injury that leads to cerebral palsy. Researchers are waiting on ethics approval for the trial which will provide treatment to families who have chosen to store their child's cord blood at private banks. In some cases, children with cerebral palsy will be able to receive a sibling's cord blood if this is available. Cerebral Palsy Alliance head of research Iona Novak said the study, led by the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, will recruit children from around Australia who have access to privately banked cord blood. Children aged one to 10 will receive infusions … Continue reading →

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What is nanomedicine? – Definition from WhatIs.com

Posted: Published on November 23rd, 2014

Nanomedicine is the application of nanotechnology (the engineering of tiny machines) to the prevention and treatment of disease in the human body. This evolving discipline has the potential to dramatically change medical science. Established and near-future nanomedicine applications include activity monitors, chemotherapy, pacemakers, biochip s, OTC tests, insulin pumps, nebulizers, needleless injectors, hearing aids, medical flow sensors and blood pressure, glucose monitoring and drug delivery systems. Here are a few examples of how nanomedicine could transform common medical procedures: The most advanced nanomedicine involves the use of nanorobot s as miniature surgeons. Such machines might repair damaged cells, or get inside cells and replace or assist damaged intracellular structures. At the extreme, nanomachines might replicate themselves, or correct genetic deficiencies by altering or replacing DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecules. In a 2006 publication on the worldwide status of nanomedicine, MedMarket Diligence reported that about 150 of the largest companies in the world are conducting nanotechnology research projects or planning nanotechnology products. According to Patrick Driscoll, President of MMD, there is a $1 billion market for nanotechnology applications, mostly in the area of MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), a figure that is likely to increase a hundred-fold by 2015. This was last updated in … Continue reading →

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Cancer Free For an Year,My Story Behind YouTube Channel – Video

Posted: Published on November 23rd, 2014

Cancer Free For an Year,My Story Behind YouTube Channel Today I'm Cancer FREE for a year. Never, never, never give up. Pain is temporary Pride is forever :') Also Watch Why Diwali is so important for me- Stem cell transplant story. https://www.youtub... By: Ruchi Gokhale … Continue reading →

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Macenzie Hawkins "Let It Go" – Video

Posted: Published on November 23rd, 2014

Macenzie Hawkins "Let It Go" This amazing little girl was diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblastoma on February 26, 2014. This was recorded on week before she began stem cell transplant treatment. She died the next day. She... By: Janet Barnes … Continue reading →

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Stem cell failure 'led to children's deaths' at Great Ormond Street

Posted: Published on November 23rd, 2014

preservation laboratory, where stem cells were kept for use in transplants in children whose bone marrow has been damaged during chemotherapy. Concerns were first raised when Sophie Ryan-Palmer, 12, who had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, failed to make progress after her transplant in June 2013, which involved using a donors stem cells rather than her own. She had been diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of two and had undergone three previous transplants. She began fundraising for cancer charities when she was six. By October last year the hospital had identified that a higher than usual proportion of eight children who had undergone stem cell transplantation between March and August had suffered what doctors call delayed engraftment. But by the time it stopped freezing stem cells on site at its base in Bloomsbury, central London, and launched an investigation, three of the eight had died. Ryan Loughran, aged 13 months, from Bournemouth, died on July 10. Sophie, from Sunbury in Middlesex, followed on July 17. Katie Joyce, from Hertfordshire, died on October 6. A fourth patient, Muhanna al-Hayany, aged five, died in August this year. He had come from Kuwait to have the treatment. Following the deaths it was discovered that … Continue reading →

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Stem Cell Therapy: Dr. Roberta Shapiro – A NY Physician's Path to Panama – Video

Posted: Published on November 23rd, 2014

Stem Cell Therapy: Dr. Roberta Shapiro - A NY Physician's Path to Panama Special Guest Speaker, Roberta F. Shapiro DO, FAAPM R speaks about: A New York Doctor's Path to Panama at the Stem Cell Institute's Stem Cell Therapy Publi... By: http://www.cellmedicine.com … Continue reading →

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