10. Spinal Cord Injury (L1)with stem cell treatment (before) Name: Wu Age: 22 Diagnosis: Spinal Cord Injury (L1) Wu got L1 damage on 9th, June 2011 when he was 22 years old. After emergent surgery, he started rehabilit... By: Cells Center China … Continue reading →

The Doctors TV Show: Stem Cell Treatment for Lichen Sclerosus In a recent episode of "The Doctors", Jamie shared the tremendous pain and challenges she experienced with lichen sclerosus. The show also reveals how she wa... By: Nathan Newman … Continue reading →

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise (TORONTO, Canada Feb. 12, 2014) Cancer researchers led by stem cell scientist Dr. John Dick have discovered a pre-leukemic stem cell that may be the first step in initiating disease and also the culprit that evades therapy and triggers relapse in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The research, published online today in Nature (http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13038) is a significant leap in understanding the steps that a normal cell has to go through as it turns into AML, says Dr. Dick, and sets the stage to advance personalized cancer medicine by potentially identifying individuals who might benefit from targeting the pre-leukemic stem cell. AML is an aggressive blood cancer that the new research shows starts in stem cells in the bone marrow. Dr. Dick, a Senior Scientist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network (UHN), and Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, pioneered the cancer stem cell field by first identifying leukemia stem cells (1994) and colon cancer stem cells (2007). "Our discovery lays the groundwork to detect and target the pre-leukemic stem cell and thereby potentially stop the disease at a very early stage when it may be … Continue reading →

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise A Johns Hopkins study of patients with ischemic stroke suggests that many of those who receive prompt hospital treatment with "clot-busting" tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) therapy can avoid lengthy, restrictive monitoring in an intensive care unit (ICU). The study challenges the long-standing protocol that calls for intensive monitoring, mostly done in ICUs, for the first 24 hours after tPA infusion to catch bleeding in the brain, a side effect seen in 6 percent of patients treated with the medication. Results show that a relatively simple measure of stroke severity can accurately single out which patients need ICU monitoring and which can be managed outside of a critical care setting in the hospital. "What we saw in this preliminary study was that, after the initial hour-long infusion of tPA, if an intensive care need had not developed, the chance of needing ICU monitoring - including a symptomatic 'bleed' - was extremely low for a large majority of patients, namely those with milder strokes," says Victor Urrutia, M.D., medical director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and head of the research team. Ischemic stroke, caused by a clot in a … Continue reading →

Related Photos CEO of San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield, Doug Duffield, presents to members of the public and the Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District. San Joaquin Community Hospital is one of two provider candidates offering emergency medicine stroke services to Tehachapi Hospital via robotic telemedicine. Scott Camp / Tehachapi News When a medical patient is showing signs of a stroke, every second is vital in administering treatment. The Tehachapi Valley Hospital may soon be delivering emergency stroke services for Tehachapi residents, who in the past, would have to travel more than 40 minutes before receiving time-sensitive care. Members of the public and medical staff from Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District gathered at the Tehachapi Area Association of Realtors meeting room on Thursday, Feb. 6, to hear a presentation from representatives of San Joaquin Community Hospital, one of two provider candidates from Bakersfield -- along with Bakersfield Memorial Hospital -- offering its emergency medicine stroke services to local residents. Tehachapi Hospital Interim CEO Evan Rayner said the future service that would be an important development for the acute care hospital. Rayner said utilizing this service would significantly decrease outpatient migration to other areas, increase revenue for the Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District, and … Continue reading →

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The 2014 International Stroke Conference begins Wednesday, Feb. 12. The University of Alabama at Birmingham will contribute newsworthy presentations and moderators, and it has a number of experts available to weigh in on the news coming out of the conference: Donna Arnett, Ph.D. Arnett is immediate past-president of the American Heart Association. She is professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the UAB School of Public Health. Gyanendra Kumar, M.D. Kumar is researching the use of high density-diffuse optical tomography neuroimaging technology to study the brains of patients with acute ischemic stroke. He is an assistant professor in the Division of Cerebrovascular Disease in the UAB School of Medicine. George Howard, Dr.P.H. Howard is the principal investigator of the statistical analysis center for the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial (CREST) and is PI of the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. He is a professor in the Department of Biostatistics in the UAB School of Public Health. Virginia Howard, Ph.D. Howard is a co-PI on the REGARDS study and CREST as well as PI of a grant studying Childhood Socioeconomic Factors and Age-Related … Continue reading →

A study led by Johns Hopkins engineers has used the skill of juggling to gather critical clues about how vision and the sense of touch help control the way humans and animals move their limbs in a repetitive way, such as in running. The findings eventually may aid in the treatment of people with neurological diseases and could lead to prosthetic limbs and robots that move more efficiently. The study has been published online by the Journal of Neurophysiology and will be the cover article for the journal's March 2014 print edition. In their paper, the team led by Johns Hopkins researchers detailed the unusual jump from juggling for fun to serious science. Jugglers, they explained, rely on repetitive rhythmic motions to keep multiple balls aloft. Similar forms of rhythmic movement are also common in the animal world, where effective locomotion is equally important to a swift-moving gazelle and to the cheetah that's chasing it. A release from the university quotes Noah Cowan, an associate professor of mechanical engineering who supervised the research, as saying, "It turns out that the art of juggling provides an interesting window into many of the same questions that you try to answer when you … Continue reading →