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Charlie DeJong and some of the devoted nursing staff at the clinic in China
IROQUOIS — Their deep belief that the future can indeed be brighter for six-year-old Charlie, took the family of Matthew and Kelly DeJong thousands of kilometres around the globe to China, in the early fall of 2011.
“Charlie has cerebral palsy,” said mother, Kelly DeJong. “However, his long term prognosis at age six was very poor.”
Charlie had no independent functions. He was unable to chew and swallow solid food, which meant that he would probably have to be attached to a feeding tube in the near future. Spastic muscles refused him the ability to sit up independently, walk or speak. He was unable to regulate his circulatory system, suffering extremes of cold and heat. He could not control his eyes well enough to focus on many things.
“Yet Charlie is a healthy, happy little guy,” his mother said. “We wanted to give him better opportunities. We hoped for any improvement in his quality of life.”
Through the year-long efforts of neighbours, family, businesses, service groups (including the Iroquois-Matilda Lions Club) churches and the simple generosity of caring strangers, the family was able to raise the $50,000 needed to pay for the out-of-country treatments.
On July 14, Charlie and his mother, along with cousin Hanke DeJong Thompson, left Ottawa on the first leg of a journey that would take them to Vancouver, then to Hong Kong and finally to Qingdao, mainland China. Father Matthew and siblings Abigail and Thomas joined Charlie and Kelly in China for the final two weeks of the six weeks of treatments.
During those challenging weeks, the doctors kept Charlie on a series of treatments that would have been tough on an adult, let alone a small boy.
He received his first two stem cell treatments through IVs, but the next six were delivered through spinal injections, two a week, under general anaesthesia. This was ultimately very hard on him: a decision was made to give his last two injections intravenously.
He faced intensive deep tissue massage, acupuncture treatments and electric wave therapy every day.
A foot ball player from Canada, also undergoing spinal cell treatments, actually refused any further spinal injections after the first. “Later he told us that Charlie was the bravest kid in the hospital,” Kelly said.
On her second day in China, Kelly slipped on the “beautiful but lethal” granite walkways around the hospital and broke her foot.
To Charlie’s “mortification, I ended up on the same table as him, getting therapy on my foot as he was receiving it on his arms and legs,” Kelly recalled, laughing.
The DeJongs learned there are some profound differences between Eastern and Western methods of treatment.
“In China, symptoms are treated in a very business like manner. Chinese doctors are very passionate about their jobs, but they have little patience with unco-operative or semi traumatized patients. Children are treated like mini adults and expected to behave as such,” Kelly explained. “There are none of the emotional connections, the compassion between doctor and patient expected in Western medicine. When I broke my foot, essentially I was told to walk it off, to not make a fuss.”
“Yet,” said Matthew DeJong, “the people we met in China would have done anything for us. Patients stay on special floors at the Chengyang People’s Hospital, and translators are with families day and night. These people were always ready to interpret medical information (doctors seldom speak English) to deal with all our concerns and issues. Everyone, even street vendors, offered their help. This is a beautiful country. I think we all left part of our hearts in China.”
Has the family seen changes in Charlie since his return from China?
“Absolutely,” said Kelly. “He is now able to regulate his own body temperature. His muscle control is greatly improved; he is moving his body more easily and he seems to have developed much more stamina. This is incredible in a child who is spastic. He is struggling harder than ever to control the muscles in his mouth. I think he really wants to speak.”
“Charlie could never focus well on anything,” Matthew said. “Since he came home he has been able to focus on television and computer screens, following the action and dialogue and roaring with laughter at the comedies. His ability to pay attention has really improved.”
For Charlie one change that is highly significant is his new ability to chew.
It first appeared after his fourth stem cell injection.
For his entire life Charlie has only been able to eat puréed baby foods. His spastic bite reflex would not allow him to control chewing muscles. If he did attempt solid food of any kind, he threw up or choked.
“I was eating a grilled cheese sandwich one day,” Kelly said. “and he indicated he wanted some. He actually chewed and swallowed some tiny pieces. This was a phenomenal change. I have since been able to introduce lasagna, eggs, hamburgers, things he could never have touched. He chews slowly, but he chews. He has reduced the future need for a feeding tube by 80 per cent with this change.”
The long treatments in China ended on September 8 with a joyous family re-union in Ottawa with grandparents Albert and Reina DeJong and Heather and Dick Hamill.
“The doctors and staff in China often heard me telling Charlie to ‘keep your head up,’” said Kelly DeJong. “They began calling him ‘Taito’, which in Chinese means Head Up.”
Charlie DeJong is a determined young man, one definitely facing a challenging future with his ‘head up.’
DON MARGOLIS WILL MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU TO SEE IF YOUR CHILD CAN BE TREATED IN CHINA.
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As Repair Stem Cells miraculously heal Charlie Knuth, his family prepares to adopt another child with EB.
Charlie Knuth and his mother, Trisha, play in their Darboy home nearly a year after Charlie underwent a stem cell transplant. Charlie has the life-threatening disease epidermolysis bullosa, better known as EB. He was born without the gene that binds skin together. / Wm. Glasheen/The Post-Crescent.
DARBOY WISCONSIN — A year after enduring a stem cell transplant that could ultimately save his life, Charlie Knuth, 5, is focused on one thing — being a little boy.
"He plays like a regular kid," said his mother, Trisha Knuth. "Charlie is happy, the family is happy and he's not in pain. That's really what matters right now."
Charlie has the rare skin disease epidermolysis bullosa, commonly known as EB.
Born without the protein that binds skin together, Charlie's body once blistered badly inside and out, a painful condition that typically leads to a lethal form of skin cancer. But that was before the Dec. 30, 2010, bone marrow transplant, which helped Charlie's body produce the missing protein and strengthened his skin.
"He's one of the kids that made tremendous progress," said Dr. Jakub Tolar, Charlie's physician at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. "(Charlie) responded very well and he seems to be on the right track. His organs are functioning fine, and now he's going to — I would hope — continue to heal."
Abandoned at birth, Charlie came home with the Knuths from a hospital in Milwaukee when he was 2 weeks old. His adoption was finalized a year later.
Charlie's remarkable progress has prompted the Knuths to adopt another child who suffers from the same severe form of EB that has shaped Charlie's life. Trisha Knuth will travel to Washington next week to meet 6-year-old Seth.
"(Seth) is in a group home and he has never had a family," Trisha Knuth said. "He's in pretty bad shape."
She said the outpouring of community support her family received during Charlie's journey has prepared the family as they enter a new chapter with Seth.
"It's a lot different this time," she said. "Before all this happened, we were kind of alone. Nobody knew what was wrong with (Charlie); nobody knew how to help. And now because of all of the publicity and community support, I really feel like we have such a large support system that it'll be much easier."
A family transformed
The lesions that once blanketed Charlie's small frame have largely receded. Just a few patches of fragile skin remain, and those are carefully wrapped with bandages that once entombed most of Charlie’s body.
"We try to leave as much skin as we can exposed," Trisha Knuth explained. "It seems like the more we can leave exposed, the tougher it gets."
Tolar said that's precisely what Charlie's skin needs to continue healing.
"The idea is to not cover the spots that are open wounds because the usual wear and tear of normal daily life is actually good for it," Tolar said. "It informs the cells in the bone marrow to travel to the skin and make more of the collagen type 7 (protein) that he needs. There are several cycles of healing that have to occur to get the best result."
The dramatic changes in Charlie's life aren't merely physical. Both his mother and Tolar expressed amazement at the way his mental and emotional well-being evolved as well.
"I can't even remember the last time he cried in the bath (from the pain)," Trisha Knuth said. "From one extreme to this — it's profound, it's amazing."
And the change in Charlie's quality of life has rippled to the rest of his family, including his brothers, Alex and Hunter, both 16, and sister, Chloe, 8.
"Let's put it this way — a happy mom is a happy family," Trisha Knuth said, chuckling. "Before (the transplant) all of his pain and all of his anxiety was taken out on me because I was his main caregiver, so things were very stressful around the house. Charlie would deal with pain by acting out with hitting and screaming and calling names. He does not do that anymore, so everybody's just very happy.
"My mom and dad have finally been able to baby-sit for Charlie, and that's never happened. So me and (Charlie's father) Kevin were able to go do something on our anniversary for the first time since Charlie was born. That's a big deal."
A time to grow
Tolar said it's too early to tell whether the transplant reduced Charlie's risk for developing skin cancer, but he said he's optimistic.
"The model is that (EB patients) get skin cancer because of the enormous irritation of the skin," he said. "So if you remove the irritation, you will remove the risk of cancer. But it's going to take a decade or more to actually know if that's the case."
Tolar will continue to monitor Charlie's progress and meet with him at least once a year until he turns 18.
For now, Tolar said, Charlie needs to focus on staying active and growing up as any little boy would.
"He's as bright as anybody else and probably mature beyond his years because of what he went through and he should be given all the opportunity in life as anybody else," Tolar said. "That was the whole goal of the transplant — to give him that."
Don Margolis Comment: "This story is a lot bigger than just Charlie and it will prove to be so over time, but for now I am very proud of Trisha and the support system the family has built up. Darboy has to be the one town in America which does not believe the Big Pharma baloney put out by thousands of corrupt American Medical Scientists (not to mention hundreds of thousands of MDs) that "Adult Stem Cells don't work." Anything to protect profits, and patients be dammed.
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After years and years of useless pills from Aussie doctors
(the same ones who tell patients stem cells don't work)
the boy is making good progress---in CHINA!
STEM cell treatments have already improved Flynn Rigby's speech. The eight-year-old and his school-teacher father, Frazer, flew to Qingdao, China, late November in the hope the treatments would help him talk and communicate.
His mother, Jenni Rigby, said the family were "quite hopeful" as for the first time Flynn was able to put sounds together and endings on some words---no surprise to our readers at Don Margolis.com!
The schoolboy would have intensive therapy when he returned home so doctors said the real benefits of the stem cell treatments would be evident in six months.
But the family were buoyed by the initial improvements.
Flynn had had 7 treatments by lumbar puncture.
The pair will arrive home in Austrlia on January 1st.
Don recommends three excellent China hospitals for childhood neuro conditions. Unlike the rest of stem cell centers around the world, our Chinese associates have treated hundreds under the age of three!
Flynn Rigby and father Frazer are in China so Flynn can undergo stem cell treatments to help him talk and communicate.
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Antony Atala at Wake Forest explains why
To many people, the idea of growing replacement body parts in the lab sounds like modern-day science fiction. People are often surprised to learn that this notion of harnessing the body's natural regenerative powers isn't new. In fact, aviator Charles Lindbergh did research in this area back in the 1930s in hopes of finding a solution for his ailing sister-in-law. The idea has endured because of the desperate need for replacement organs. Every 30 seconds, a patient dies from diseases that could be treated with organ or tissue replacement.
Today, regenerative medicine is becoming science fact. In the area of cell therapies, advances include a recent report that cardiac stem cells were able to improve heart function in a small group of patients with heart failure. In the area of tissue engineering -- or growing organs in the lab -- skin, cartilage, bladders, urine tubes, trachea and blood vessels have all been engineered outside the human body and implanted in patients. While these advances are currently helping small groups of patients through clinical trials, the goal of regenerative medicine scientists is to expand the applications of regenerative medicine to a wider range of diseases and also to larger groups of patients.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has called regenerative medicine the "next evolution of medical treatments". With its potential to heal, this new field of science is expected to revolutionize health care. Because of the promise of regenerative medicine, the U.S. military has funded an $85 million effort to develop regenerative medicine treatments for wounded warriors.
Regenerative medicine offers the potential to improve the quality of life for many, but also to combat rising health care costs. Early estimates project that regenerative medicine therapies will result in direct health care cost savings in the United States of $250 billion per year for the chronic diseases of renal failure, heart failure, stroke, diabetes, burn and spinal cord injuries.
In my TED talk, I highlighted some of the work of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC. Our team of more than 300 scientists is working on cell therapies and developing replacement tissues and organs for more than 30 different areas of the body.
For example, the talk highlights our still-experimental work to engineer a human kidney. Being able to replace solid organs such as the heart, liver, kidney and pancreas is considered the "holy grail" of tissue engineering. That's why we're pursuing multiple strategies in this area: cell therapies, tissue "inserts" to augment an organ's function, and "printing" replacement organs.
At TED, we demonstrated 3-D printing technology, already used in a variety of industries -- from auto parts to concrete structures. Our goal, or course, is to apply the technology to organs. The project is based on earlier research in which we engineered miniature kidneys using biomaterials and cells. In animals, these structures were shown to be functional, in that they were able to filter blood and produce dilute urine.
This printer, while still experimental, is being explored for organs such as the kidney and structured tissue such as the ear. The ultimate goal is to use patient data, such as from a CT scan, to create a computer model of the organ we want to print. This model would be used to guide the printer as it layer-by-layer prints a replacement organ made up of cells and the biomaterials to hold the cells together.
For me, the real highlight of the TED experience was a reunion with Luke Masella, one of the first patients to receive a lab-engineered organ -- a bladder. Seeing Luke again and hearing about his successes reinforced in my mind the ultimate goal of regenerative medicine -- to make patients better. That in itself makes it an idea worth sharing in 2012 and beyond.
WATCH ANTONY ATALA'S EXCITING VIDEO---17 minutes---
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MIRACLE—Chuck Melber and his wife Betsy visit the Vatican to speak at a conference about how stem cell treatment saved Melber’s life. Chuck had more than 30 stents implanted in his heart before he was told there was no more medical intervention for him. The adult stem cell clinical trial was his last hope.
At the age of 48, Charles “Chuck” Melber of Agoura Hills had run out of hope.
His medical nightmare started in 2000 when he had his first heart attack at the age of 44. By 2004, more than 30 stents had been placed in Melber’s heart.
Doctors told him there was nothing else they could do to repair his heart short of a transplant.
Although the stents kept him alive, the quality of Melber’s life had been so diminished that he could barely perform simple daily tasks.
Dr. John Hess, Melber’s doctor at Los Robles Hospital, suggested that his patient participate in an adult stem-cell clinical trial.
Stem cells, adult or embryonic, have the potential to develop into a variety of cells as a person grows. Adult stem cells can renew themselves and repair or replace surrounding cells.
Since the clinical trial was a double blind study, Melber could have been given a placebo, which would have meant he would undergo invasive treatment with no guarantee that he was receiving potentially lifesaving stem cells.
In September 2006, Melber had adult stem cells injected into his heart muscle at the Scripps Green Hospital in San Diego.
However, before he received the injections, doctors had to collect his stem cells. The process made him feel like he had come down with the flu, Melber said.
“They give you injections for four days, pull out the stem cells and put them into your blood stream,” he said. “Each day it gets worse, but once the injections stop you feel better pretty quick. On the fourth day, I was put on dialysis and had my blood filtered for seven hours to pull out the stem cells.”
In the meantime, Melber’s heart had been completely mapped. Doctors knew exactly where in the heart muscle to inject the stem cells. The procedure was similar to an angiogram. Stem cells were transferred to his heart through the groin via the femoral artery.
Once the procedure was over, Melber felt better quickly. His wife, Betsy, said she was sure that meant her husband had been given the stem cells because he was not generally an optimistic person.
“I felt better within a week’s time,” Melber said. “Within six months, I was 200 percent better.”
Doctors ran tests and determined that Melber’s heart was indeed healing.
“New collateral arteries have grown to bring blood into my heart,” Melber said.
Proof that a new artery has developed remains elusive. Medical technology can’t prove that new arteries have grown, at least not yet, Melber said. But doctors say that the main artery to his heart is 100 percent blocked.
Melber says he has regained his ability to live life to the fullest. Since the clinical trial, he has newfound gusto. He can walk as much as he pleases, he takes fewer medications and is back at work building custom homes and commercial projects.
Melber is the contractor responsible for building the Gardens of the World in Thousand Oaks and custom homes in Lake Sherwood, Beverly Hills and Malibu.
In November, Melber, his wife and daughter went to Rome to participate in the Pontifical Council for Culture international conference at the Vatican.
The conference, “Adult Stem Cells: Science and the Future of Man and Culture,” brought together doctors, scientists, policymakers, ethicists, church leaders, educators and others to discuss and explore the future of adult stem cells in medicine.
Betsy Melber explained the Catholic Church’s stance on the use of stem cells for medical treatment.
The church doesn’t condone using embryonic cells to treat medical conditions because doing so would destroy an embryo. However, the church has no such prohibitions against using adult stem cells, which can be gleaned from most tissues in the body.
“(The Catholic Church) has been supportive of adult stem cell medical treatment all along,” Betsy Melber said. “The adult stem cell treatment is newer, more revolutionary. It will take away the controversy over (the treatment).”
Melber was thrilled to participate in the conference and share his story.
“It feels like a miracle,” Melber, now 55, said of his recovery. “I don’t have any chest pains, no shortness of breath. I am able to lead a normal life to the fullest capacity. I don’t have my heart holding me back. I can go full throttle forward.”
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In 2000, at the age of 44, Chuck Melber had his first heart attack. By 2004, more than 30 stents had been placed in his heart before he was told there was no more medical intervention for him short of a transplant. Instead Melber took part in a clinical trial and had adult stem cells injected into his heart muscle. Since the clinical trial he has regained his ability to live life to the fullest.
MIRACLE—Chuck Melber and his wife Betsy visit the Vatican to speak at a conference about how stem cell treatment saved Melber’s life. Chuck had more than 30 stents implanted in his heart before he was told there was no more medical intervention for him. The adult stem cell clinical trial was his last hope.
Gardens of the World developer gets new lease on life
At the age of 48, Charles “Chuck” Melber of Agoura Hills had run out of hope.
His medical nightmare started in 2000 when he had his first heart attack at the age of 44. By 2004, more than 30 stents had been placed in Melber’s heart.
Doctors told him there was nothing else they could do to repair his heart short of a transplant.
Although the stents kept him alive, the quality of Melber’s life had been so diminished that he could barely perform simple daily tasks.
Dr. John Hess, Melber’s doctor at Los Robles Hospital, suggested that his patient participate in an adult stem-cell clinical trial.
Stem cells, adult or embryonic, have the potential to develop into a variety of cells as a person grows. Adult stem cells can renew themselves and repair or replace surrounding cells.
Since the clinical trial was a double blind study, Melber could have been given a placebo, which would have meant he would undergo invasive treatment with no guarantee that he was receiving potentially lifesaving stem cells.
In September 2006, Melber had adult stem cells injected into his heart muscle at the Scripps Green Hospital in San Diego.
However, before he received the injections, doctors had to collect his stem cells. The process made him feel like he had come down with the flu, Melber said.
“They give you injections for four days, pull out the stem cells and put them into your blood stream,” he said. “Each day it gets worse, but once the injections stop you feel better pretty quick. On the fourth day, I was put on dialysis and had my blood filtered for seven hours to pull out the stem cells.”
In the meantime, Melber’s heart had been completely mapped. Doctors knew exactly where in the heart muscle to inject the stem cells. The procedure was similar to an angiogram. Stem cells were transferred to his heart through the groin via the femoral artery.
Once the procedure was over, Melber felt better quickly. His wife, Betsy, said she was sure that meant her husband had been given the stem cells because he was not generally an optimistic person.
“I felt better within a week’s time,” Melber said. “Within six months, I was 200 percent better.”
Doctors ran tests and determined that Melber’s heart was indeed healing.
“New collateral arteries have grown to bring blood into my heart,” Melber said.
Proof that a new artery has developed remains elusive. Medical technology can’t prove that new arteries have grown, at least not yet, Melber said. But doctors say that the main artery to his heart is 100 percent blocked.
Melber says he has regained his ability to live life to the fullest. Since the clinical trial, he has newfound gusto. He can walk as much as he pleases, he takes fewer medications and is back at work building custom homes and commercial projects.
Melber is the contractor responsible for building the Gardens of the World in Thousand Oaks and custom homes in Lake Sherwood, Beverly Hills and Malibu.
In November, Melber, his wife and daughter went to Rome to participate in the Pontifical Council for Culture international conference at the Vatican.
The conference, “Adult Stem Cells: Science and the Future of Man and Culture,” brought together doctors, scientists, policymakers, ethicists, church leaders, educators and others to discuss and explore the future of adult stem cells in medicine.
Betsy Melber explained the Catholic Church’s stance on the use of stem cells for medical treatment.
The church doesn’t condone using embryonic cells to treat medical conditions because doing so would destroy an embryo. However, the church has no such prohibitions against using adult stem cells, which can be gleaned from most tissues in the body.
“(The Catholic Church) has been supportive of adult stem cell medical treatment all along,” Betsy Melber said. “The adult stem cell treatment is newer, more revolutionary. It will take away the controversy over (the treatment).”
Melber was thrilled to participate in the conference and share his story.
“It feels like a miracle,” Melber, now 55, said of his recovery. “I don’t have any chest pains, no shortness of breath. I am able to lead a normal life to the fullest capacity. I don’t have my heart holding me back. I can go full throttle forward.”via
Could I be a candidate for Heart Stem Cells?
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Sisters Dobie Kirkpatrick, Veronica Hazen, Peach Dalton, Valerie Miller and Vikkie Rupe pose for a photograph. Dalton was diagnosed with breast cancer and lymphoma two years ago. Miller provided stem cells for Dalton's treatment. / Trevor Jones/Times Recorder
Written by
Holly Richards
Staff Writer
Peach Dalton is beyond grateful to have the blood of one of her sisters coursing through her veins.
It means she's alive, proud to be a cancer survivor, and proud of her family.
"I was out of options," Dalton said. "But this was a tremendous help, and now I have a new lease on life."
"Any of us would have done this," her sister Veronica Hazen said.
Dalton required stem cell transplants to combat cancer, and one out of her four sisters was a perfect match.
Her major health issues began after detecting a lump in her breast in December 2009. A January 2010 ultrasound lead to a breast cancer diagnosis, and a later sentinel lymph node biopsy revealed lymphoma.
She underwent chemotherapy and radiation until November 2010.
The breast cancer was determined to be the most invasive, so she immediately underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.
She then received more chemotherapy to treat the lymphoma, and the next step was stem cell transplantation at Ohio State University Medical Center to further attack the lymphoma.
Her brother Vincent McGrail and four sisters -- Valerie Miller, Dobie Kirkpatrick, Veronica Hazen and Vikkie Rupe were tested for the stem cells. Two -- Miller and Rupe -- came back as matches, and Miller proved to be the closest match following more testing.
"They look for someone who's younger and has the least health problems," Dalton said. "They said they prefer male donors, but my brother wasn't a match. They were also surprised to find a family donor."
Beginning in late March 2011, Dalton spent about a month at the James Cancer Hospital to prepare for the transplant.
"On April 4 it took 22 minutes to transfuse six million stem cells," Dalton said. "To beat this, I've had to switch to her blood. Her good cells are fighting my bad cells to kill off the cancer cells, so now I have her blood circulating in my body."
She said the procedure was exactly like any other typical organ donation and transplant.
"I felt like a normal person," Miller said about her post-stem-cell donation. "I feel lucky and I'd do it again."
Dalton's had her ups and downs as the healthy cells work to overtake the toxic cells. It took her about a month to bounce back, but by July she returned to work part time and now she is back to full-time duties.
She also recently received a good report from her doctor about her successful remission.
This health scare solidified Dalton's already strong bond with her siblings. The family always has been close, especially after the death of their parents at a young age. All the sisters live near each other, and McGrail lives in the Columbus suburb of Delaware.
They continually rally together for family and community events, and they plan to participate in the 2012 Pelotonia bicycle ride for cancer research. McGrail has ridden in the event for three years in honor of the family's sister Violet, who died of cancer.
McGrail said the clan of six has been floored by community support throughout the past year, with several fundraising events to benefit Dalton including golf, running and poker run activities.
"It gave the community a way to show support," he said. "Peachie always knew we were there, but I think it also helped to have the community help her get through some dark days and let her know she's not alone."
Considering the meaning of the season, the family is thankful for the community and each other. To include everyone, a gathering of about 40 family members is scheduled in upcoming weeks to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as life itself for the loyal, fortunate clan.
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Bryan Britt, a former baseball star with the University North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) and a fighter with multiple sclerosis, has improved tremendously after undergoing stem cell treatment. Britt, who recently gave a speech at the UNCW spring training banquet, suffered through the common MS symptoms- balance problems, vision problems, hearing loss, cognitive deteriorations and fatigue.
However, after undergoing a stem cell transplant by Dr. Richard Burt, at Northwestern University, Britt has made great strides.
“I am excited where I am now, but I have a long ways to go,’’ he said.
Before visiting Northwestern Memorial, he recalled 77 body lesions – and nearly all have healed following a recent check-up.
“I was not walking or talking,’’ he said. “I couldn’t read books to my boys. I could not see the words long enough because they were blurry and jumping around.’’
The transplant reversed neurological dysfunctions. Doctors treated and cleaned his stem cells and they were cryogenically frozen, essentially resetting his immune system.
After The Therapy
Since the stem cell therapy, Britt still walks with a limp and gets fatigued, but his multiple sclerosis has improved the last 2 years.
Bryan Britt has done little in the past three years, let alone give a public speech.
As the former player speaker at the
spring training banquet early in 2011, Britt considered putting his thoughts on paper, but elected to simply speak from the heart, with no notes.
“I don’t plan on reading from a script,” he recalled telling coach
Mark Scalf when asked to speak.
“I am not shy about telling my story.”
He has made remarkable progress since his stem cell therapy.
In spring training, he his baseball workouts to try to get back in shape. He also is now able to read to his two sons.
I am sure Britt, a former Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year and minor-league baseball player, will
continue to improve. Before the stem-cell transplant, he had 77 lesions over his body. Following the transplant, there are no new lesions.
Best Stem Cell Treatment Centers for Multiple Sclerosis:
The Repair Stem Cell Institute (RSCI) has twelve fully approved stem cell centers around the world, treating 100+ conditions between them.
Five of the twelve are expert at MS treatments, but don't look for their names here. Why? Because no new patient has a clue on
how to choose the best center for himself or his loved one. Actually, neither does RSCI until it gets full information on the case.
In the past we listed those five centers, but new patients picked a name they liked and ran off to treatment. Then, when it turned
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TEXAS GOVERNOR FIGHTING BIG MEDICINE POWERS---STRUGGLING TO GET THE TRUTH ABOUT STEM CELLS TO A DECEIVED PUBLIC
Rick Perry knows as well as Don Margolis that Repair (Adult) Stem Cells (ASC) are the only stem cells capable of helping patients today. But he is learning in 2011 what Don learned (and wrote about) in 2008-2010: Big Medicine (which owns the US government and runs the FDA) will never allow patients to be cured or even helped. In Amerika, profits are all that matter in medicine and patients come in last. That is why we spend 18% of our GNP making the rich profiteers richer, while the second most expensive country spends only 12%. That is why prescriptions cost 150%-250% in the USA of what they cost in Canada and Europe. That is why a $5000 hospital procedure in Europe costs $20,000 in the USA.
In order to keep the scam going, they control every major newspaper, magazine, TV network, and major website in North America. Read this article from an Austin TX newspaper and see all the lies and misinformation;
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The experimental (
The liars always say "experimental," knowing full well that over 25,000 people around the world have been successfully treated with ASC) stem cell procedure that Texas Gov. Rick Perry underwent this summer could be restricted or even blocked under new rules being considered Friday by the state's Medical Board. (
Because doctors make bundles in commissions and referral fees and outrageously high rates under this crooked system, they will vote the way Big Medicine pays them to vote.)
Some top scientists are questioning the safety and wisdom of the procedure, and doctors say it may run up against federal rules. It also carries potential health threats, ranging from blood clots to increased cancer risk. (
When YOUR lying doctor mentions these non-existent risks, ask him to name one patient who got blood clot or cancer from his own stem cells. American medicine kills a human being every minute due to incompetence, sloppiness, wrong drug dosages, misdiagnosis, etc. etc. Hospitals alone murder 15,000 a month---that's 1000 every two days, but your "top scientists" ignore their serial killing and con you about the safety of ultra safe stem cells.)
The Republican presidential candidate had stem cells taken from fat in his own body, which were then grown in a lab. They were injected into his back and his bloodstream during an operation in July to fuse part of his spine.
Adult stem cells have long been used to treat leukemia, lymphoma and other cancers. (
The usual lie of every bribed con man. Never mention the thousands of heart, lung, and diabetes patients being helped today---YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO KNOW THIS IN NORTH AMERICA!) While the cells are being studied to treat other ailments, from heart disease to diabetes, experts say it's too soon to know if the approaches are safe or effective. (
25,000 patients is not enough, but a few dozen in a corrupt clinical trial gets a drug approved because they hide the number of deaths the drug causes---or have you forgotten that a certain VIOXX killed 50,000 while Merck laughed all the way to the bank?) The Food and Drug Administration hasn't approved using adult stem cells to help people heal from surgery — but experimentation is common.
Perry opposes greater oversight in Texas, and he sent a letter to the board urging members to recognize the "revolutionary potential" of adult stem cell research and therapies.
"Texas is a leader in innovation in many fields," Perry wrote after his surgery. "It is critical that we continue to foster an environment that encourages technological advancement in the health care arena."
IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERCOME THE LIES BECAUSE ALL MAJOR MEDIA IN THE USA IS CONTROLLED 100% BY KORPORATE LIARS AND DECIEVERS. THE EXACT ARTICLE ABOVE, LIES AND ALL, WAS REPEATED IN VIRTUALLY EVERY MAJOR NEWSPAPER IN NORTH AMERICA AT THE INSISTENCE OF BIG PHARMA'S DECEPTION MACHINE; INCLUDING THE WASHINGTON POST, THE LA TIMES AND MOST BUSINESS MAGAZINES SUCH AS BUSINESS WEEK. PHARMA GETS A BRIBED CROOK TO WRITE AN ARTICLE AND THEN INSTRUCTS THEIR CONTROLLED PRESS TO SPREAD THE DECEPTION EVERYWHERE.
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