Dr. Bruce Van Natta - Cell Therapy Foundation's'Rejuvenate Breakfast' Dr. Bruce Van Natta speaks at the Cell Therapy Foundation's'Rejuvenate Breakfast' By: Ryan Alan Petti … Continue reading →

Dr Keith March - Cell Therapy Foundation's'Rejuvenate Breakfast' Dr Keith March speaks at the Cell Therapy Foundation's'Rejuvenate Breakfast' By: Ryan Alan Petti … Continue reading →

Dr Keith March - Cell Therapy Foundation's'Rejuvenate Breakfast' Dr Keith March speaks at the Cell Therapy Foundation's'Rejuvenate Breakfast' By: Ryan Alan Petti … Continue reading →

May 27 2013 Five stroke victims have shown small signs of recovery following pioneering stem cell therapy. Prof Keith Muir, of Glasgow University, said the results were "not what we would have expected" from the group of patients who had previously shown no indications of their conditions improving. The trial involved injecting stem cells directly into the damaged parts of the patients' brains, with the hope that they would turn into healthy tissue or "kick-start" the body's own repair processes. Frank Marsh, 80, one of the nine patients taking part in the trial at Glasgow's Southern General Hospital, told the BBC he had seen improvements in the use of his left hand. "I can grip certain things that I never gripped before, like the hand rail at the baths, with my left hand as well as my right," he said."It still feels fairly weak and it's still a wee bit difficult to co-ordinate, but it's much better than it was." He added: "I'd like to get back to playing my piano." His wife Claire said: "He had reached a plateau and wasn't really improving (after his stroke). But following the operation he is able to do things he couldn't do … Continue reading →

May 27 2013 Five stroke victims have shown small signs of recovery following pioneering stem cell therapy. Prof Keith Muir, of Glasgow University, said the results were "not what we would have expected" from the group of patients who had previously shown no indications of their conditions improving. The trial involved injecting stem cells directly into the damaged parts of the patients' brains, with the hope that they would turn into healthy tissue or "kick-start" the body's own repair processes. Frank Marsh, 80, one of the nine patients taking part in the trial at Glasgow's Southern General Hospital, told the BBC he had seen improvements in the use of his left hand. "I can grip certain things that I never gripped before, like the hand rail at the baths, with my left hand as well as my right," he said."It still feels fairly weak and it's still a wee bit difficult to co-ordinate, but it's much better than it was." He added: "I'd like to get back to playing my piano." His wife Claire said: "He had reached a plateau and wasn't really improving (after his stroke). But following the operation he is able to do things he couldn't do … Continue reading →

Five stroke victims have shown small signs of recovery following pioneering stem cell therapy. Prof Keith Muir, of Glasgow University, said the results were "not what we would have expected" from the group of patients who had previously shown no indications of their conditions improving. The trial involved injecting stem cells directly into the damaged parts of the patients' brains, with the hope that they would turn into healthy tissue or "kick-start" the body's own repair processes. Frank Marsh, 80, one of the nine patients taking part in the trial at Glasgow's Southern General Hospital, told the BBC he had seen improvements in the use of his left hand. "I can grip certain things that I never gripped before, like the hand rail at the baths, with my left hand as well as my right," he said."It still feels fairly weak and it's still a wee bit difficult to co-ordinate, but it's much better than it was." He added: "I'd like to get back to playing my piano." His wife Claire said: "He had reached a plateau and wasn't really improving (after his stroke). But following the operation he is able to do things he couldn't do before, such as … Continue reading →