David Brown, Washington Post Posted: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 3:01 AM Three long-awaited studies have shown that mechanically removing a blood clot from a stroke patient's brain is no more useful than the older treatment of giving an IV dose of a clot-dissolving drug to the whole body. The results of the clinical trials, presented this week at a meeting in Hawaii, shocked and surprised stroke physicians. Many had adopted the more aggressive strategy over the last decade. "For the stroke field, this is a really big deal," Walter Koroshetz, deputy director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, said of the findings, presented over three days at the International Stroke Conference in Honolulu. NINDS paid for two of the trials, one of which cost $27 million. One study took eight years to do because it was so difficult to enroll patients willing to take the chance they'd be randomly assigned to get the older treatment. Practitioners hoped that "endovascular treatment," in which a catheter is threaded into a blocked artery and the clot pulled out, would do for stroke patients what it has done for heart attack patients. In them, going after clots with angioplasty balloons and … Continue reading →

Adapts to any job: sugar for stem cell arthritis treatment.mp4 http://www.stemcellsarthritistreatment.com Polysaccharides are sugars that play an important role in the structure of matrix material- the stuff that holds cells together. These materials are being investigated as possible stem cell scaffolds. These polysaccharides can be turned into gels rapidly and therefore can be injected into a damaged joint easily. Among these are agarose and alginate which are derived from algae. Hyaluronic acid is already being used as a palliative osteoarthritis treatment but is also considered a possible scaffold. The last polysaccharide is chitosan which has shown excellent results when used in a sheep model of osteoarthritis. http By: Nathan Wei … Continue reading →

A growing number of wealthy Filipinos have availed themselves of the four-day, three-night treatment in Germany. Last year alone, the clinic attended to 350 Filipinos DR.GEOFFREY Huertgen, Villa Medicas chief medical director. ALANAH TORRALBA Jumpstarting the regeneration process to achieve longevity, glowing skin and youthful energy are just three of the claimed benefits derived by patients at Villa Medica. The Germany-based holistic clinic specializes in fresh-cell therapy, a form of stem-cell treatment sourced from organs and tissues of unborn lamb. Such claims may sound too good to be true, until you see the likes of former President Joseph Estrada, former first lady Imelda Marcos and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile strutting about and plotting their next political moves like theyre in their prime. Except for Enrile, Marcos and Estrada have nearly endorsed the clinic in Edenkoben, an hours drive south of Frankfurt, by agreeing to have their pictures and brief testimonials used in a Villa Medica brochure. Marcos reportedly started having fresh-cell therapy injections in 1969, less than a decade after Villa Medica opened its doors for business in 1961. But the acknowledged father of fresh-cell therapy, Dr. Paul Niehans, broke ground and started his research in 1931. Dr. Geoffrey … Continue reading →

41619 supplementary video 5 Supplementary video 5 of original research paper "Increasing the oral bioavailability of poorly water-soluble carbamazepine using immediate-release pellets supported on SBA-15 mesoporous silica" published in open access International Journal of Nanomedicine by Wang Z, Chen B, Quan G, et al. By: dovepress … Continue reading →

41619 supplementary video 4 Supplementary video 4 of original research paper "Increasing the oral bioavailability of poorly water-soluble carbamazepine using immediate-release pellets supported on SBA-15 mesoporous silica" published in open access International Journal of Nanomedicine by Wang Z, Chen B, Quan G, et al. By: dovepress … Continue reading →

41619 supplementary video 3 Supplementary video 3 of original research paper "Increasing the oral bioavailability of poorly water-soluble carbamazepine using immediate-release pellets supported on SBA-15 mesoporous silica" published in open access International Journal of Nanomedicine by Wang Z, Chen B, Quan G, et al. By: dovepress … Continue reading →