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Peripheral Artery Disease Helped By Adult Stem Cells
An 80 year old woman suffering from peripheral artery disease (PAD) has had her leg saved from amputation by her own stem cells. The adult stem cells restored circulation in her right leg and in her words has "given me my life back."
Helen Thomas, 80, of Hastings, Michigan, already had a toe amputated due to peripheral artery disease which affects more than 10 million Americans. Her right leg was due to be next. She asked her physician, Dr. Kenneth Merriman for an alternative. Luckily, Dr. Merriman found one in a PAD study being conducted in nearby Ohio that used the patient's own adult stem cells for the treatment.
From the
stem cell success story:
The stem cells are injected into the leg, causing new blood vessels to grow.
A few days later, Thomas left for Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.
“It was a miracle,” she said this week. “I’m walking, and I wouldn’t be walking without the stem cells. I have my leg.”
“They saved my life. I told them they saved my life,” Thomas said.
By becoming part of the Ohio study conducted by Franz, Dr. Kaushal Shah and Dr. Thomas Hankins, she was one of 16 patients who underwent the procedure. Of those, 13 avoided major amputations, the researchers said.
“This technique sheds new light on stem-cell treatment and has the potential to become the gold standard for PAD,” Hankins said.
Franz, medical director of Grant Vascular and Vein Center, said: “We were pleasantly surprised by our results. ...
This is cutting-edge technology that could benefit millions of Americans.” (It can only benefit millions of Americans if we actually USE the technology already available- Don)
Stem Cell Study Open to 16 out of 10 Million PAD Sufferers
Here is more information on the
adult stem cell study for peripheral artery disease. Once again we have a safe, simple treatment that is not a cure, but the benefits outweigh the almost zero risks. And once again, it is not available to help Americans in the United States. Helen Thomas was very lucky to get into this stem cell trial as well as save her leg. Unfortunately, I don't tell the stories of PAD sufferers with critical limb ischemia who didn't qualify, or who couldn't get into a tiny trial and most likely have lost their legs because the FDA doesn't allow this in the United States.
Here is another woman who had her leg saved from
critical limb ischemia by her own stem cells