CSULB COE Lecture - Reproducing Body Functions Over the last several years, engineering has empowered numerous innovations in the field of medicine that have improved the lives of many. These innovations cover a wide array of areas, including... By: Beach TV CSULB … Continue reading →

The Defense Health Agency, relying on medical laboratory experts and existing authority to conduct medical demonstrations, will restore Tricare coverage this month for up to 40 genetic tests used in patient care. Many of these laboratory-developed tests also called molecular pathology tests are viewed as medically necessary. But Tricare had stopped reimbursing for more than 100 such tests in January 2013, believing it lacked authority to pay for them when such tests are ordered by civilian physicians delivering care through Tricare provider networks Military treatment facilities have continued to order and pay for such tests routinely, which created a startling disparity of coverage between military direct care and purchased care contracts. Senior DHA officials acknowledged the coverage gap last February and vowed to close it. The first step to do so will occur Friday when 30 to 40 genetic tests, those most commonly performed across U.S. medicine, will become reimbursable again under Tricare, as part of a three-year medical demonstration project, said Army Maj. Gen. Richard W. Thomas, chief medical officer and director of healthcare operations for DHA. Among genetic tests to be restored to Tricare coverage is one that determines if a woman who is pregnant or desires to … Continue reading →

Printer-friendly versionSend to friend The Defense Health Agency, relying on medical laboratory experts and existing authority to conduct medical demonstrations, will restore TRICARE coverage this month for up to 40 genetic tests used inpatientcare. Many of these laboratory-developed tests also called molecular pathology tests are viewed as medically necessary. But TRICARE had stopped reimbursing for more than 100 such tests in January 2013, believing it lacked authority to pay for them when such tests are ordered by civilian physicians delivering care through TRICAREprovidernetworks Military treatment facilities have continued to order and pay for such tests routinely, which created a startling disparity of coverage between military direct care and purchased care contracts. Senior DHA officials acknowledged the coverage gap last February and vowed tocloseit. The first step to do so will occur July 18 when 30 to 40 genetic tests, those most commonly performed across U.S. medicine, will become reimbursable again under TRICARE, as part of a three-year medical demonstration project, said Army Maj. Gen. Richard W. Thomas, chief medical officer and director of healthcare operations forDHA. Among genetic tests to be restored to TRICARE coverage is one that determines if a woman who is pregnant, or desires to become pregnant, … Continue reading →

Is there Scientific Evidence of How Stem Cell Therapy work in Autism Spectrum Disorder? Dr. Hemangi Sane from Neurogen Brain and Spine Institute show Scientific Evidence of How Stem Cell Therapy work in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Published Paper on Autism Spectrum Disorder http://stem... By: Neurogen Brain and Spine Institute … Continue reading →

Another Success: Treatment of Supraspinatus Tear with StemCells In a previous blog I discussed the clinical success of rotator cuff repair using expanded stem cell therapy. Today we had the opportunity to review MRI images of an elderly patient who also underwent the Regenexx procedure 2 years ago for a supraspinatus tear. ABis an 80y/o patient with neck, headache and shouder pain. Her shoulder pain wassevere and she was unable to lift her shoulder. She declined surgery and elected to proceed with mesenchymal stem cell therapy. Her own stem cells were injected into the rotator cuff tear under x-ray guidance. To understand the differencesin pre and post MRIs, some basic MRIconcepts and anatomy is essential. The image above is the patients pre-injection coronal MRI. The rotator cuff tendon is the area of interest. The rotator cuff is compromised of 4 principle muscles. Muscles have two parts: the muscle belly and the attachment of the muscle to bone(tendon). Tears in the rotator cuff commonly involve the tendon. Above are ABs pre and post MRIs . On the left the rotator cuff tendon(red arrows) are bright in color and mottled in appearance. This means that its a full thicknesstear with severe degeneration. … Continue reading →

For many years scientists have been trying to unravel mechanisms that guide function and differentiation of blood stem cells, those cells that generate all blood cells including our immune system. The study of human blood stem cells is difficult because they can only be found in the bone marrow in specialized "niches" that cannot be recapitulated in a culture dish. Now a group of scientists from Dresden led by stem cell researcher Prof. Claudia Waskow (Technische Universitt Dresden) was able to generate a mouse model that supports the transplantation of human blood stem cells despite the species barrier and without the need for irradiation. They used a mutation of the Kit receptor in the mouse stem cells to facilitate the engraftment of human cells. In the new model human blood stem cells can expand and differentiate into all cell types of the blood without any additional treatment. Even cells of the innate immune system that can normally not be found in "humanized" mice were efficiently generated in this mouse. Of significance is the fact that the stem cells can be maintained in the mouse over a longer period of time compared to previously existing mouse models. These results were now … Continue reading →