by David Prentice
 

Researchers from the University of South Florida have shown that Repair (adult) Stem Cells from human umbilical cord blood can enhance the survival and maturation of brain neurons from both young and old laboratory animals. The research may have implications for degenerative diseases of the brain, as well as for brain trauma.

The study was done in the laboratory using neurons taken from a specific area of the brain–the hippocampus. According to Dr. Alison Willing, senior author of the study:

The aging population is more susceptible to the stresses and diseases that affect this part of the brain. Interestingly, the positive effects of adult stem cells from cord blood were more pronounced with neurons from older animals. In addition, not only were the cord blood stem cells able to protect and stimulate growth of the neurons, they also stimulated growth of cells known as dendrites, the branching neurons which act as signaling nerve communication channels.
 

The results of the study have just been published in the journal Aging and Disease.

Gunner is leading the way for dogs in pain to live a new life. His owner Carrie Hoffman says, "He's like a puppy again. I can't keep up with him. It's wonderful."  His buddy Sherman is proving you can't keep an old dog down. Sherman's owner Bruce Zimmerman says, "He's doing things that he hasn't done for a couple of years. Gets on the couch willingly."
 

Both dogs were the first in the state of Kansas to have their own stem cells injected back into their bodies. Their owners say it seems as if the dogs are now aging backward.  Gunner used to drag his feet when he walked from pain in his joints. Now Hoffman says, "Our forth day after the procedure, he picked his feet up and he was prancing and later on that evening he decided to jump up on the sofa."  Sherman's arthritis was so bad he even had a hard time taking care of business. Zimmerman says, "I think it was around day 10, he actually stood on his left leg and peed and it was a pretty major event around our house."
 

Just one month after the procedure, their vet couldn't be more pleased. UAC Veterinarian Larry Snyder says, "We've been very impressed with what these dogs are doing. Neither dog seems to be in any pain, they're moving well. It's almost like somebody turned back the hands of time."
 

Both owners say this procedure was their dogs' last chance at a quality of life they deserve. Hoffman says, "It's like an answer to my prayers because he's my baby. He's my baby. He might be big, but he's my big baby.  The vet also noticed a growth on Sherman's nose has gotten visibly smaller since the procedure. He says they may not even know yet all of the benefits these dogs will see.

 

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The article explains that people call the animal clinic to see if they can get the procedure done on themselves. They cannot. FDA and PhRMA want you to buy their useless pills, knowing that humans are not smart enough to realize that their doctors’ pills make them nothing but worse.
 

Humans get the same good results as these animals if they are smart enough to realize where years of arthritis pills have gotten them (sicker than ever) and try stem cells also. Where? Ask us. If you are far gone, even stem cells won’t help but we know what will. If you are not far gone, we know where the stem cells are in North America. Just drop an email to don@RepairStemCells.org with the subject: TREATMENT and the disease description in the message.

Over the past year, Byrum Bittel has dropped 50 to 75 pounds. He’s lost strength in his arms, and routine tasks have become more difficult. But he’s hoping an upcoming operation will help turn things around. The 15-year-old Spearville boy suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder that affects about 1 in 3,500 boys around the world. People with DMD experience progressive loss of muscle function and weakness, starting in their lower limbs and spreading to the arms, neck and other areas. Few people with DMD live past their 30s, and breathing complications and cardiomyopathy — an enlarged heart — are common causes of death, according to the National Human Genome Research Institute. Byrum’s family knows there is no cure for the disease, but they are praying his upcoming surgery will buy him a few more years. The family learned recently that Byrum is eligible for a stem-cell transplant, an experimental treatment aimed at stopping the progress of his disease. The treatment will begin Jan. 31 at the Stem Cell Institute in Panama City, Panama. Byrum’s mother, Amanda Bittel, acknowledged that the transplant may not succeed in stopping the disease. But she said she’s keeping her fingers crossed. “There’s risk there,” she said in an interview Friday. “But considering there’s no other cure for Duchenne, we’re willing to take that risk.”

 

Deadly disorder - The first clue that Byrum had DMD came when he was only 8 months old. Byrum had been in and out of the hospital with croup and pneumonia, and his lab work showed his liver enzymes were higher than normal — which might have indicated a liver disease. Byrum’s local doctor wanted to send him to a specialist in Denver. But before the family drove to Denver, the doctor checked Byrum’s muscles and heart, which indicated that he had muscular dystrophy. But the family did not know whether Byrum had Duchenne or Becker’s muscular dystrophy — a less common and slower-moving form of the disease. A muscle biopsy when Byrum was 3 years old revealed the truth: He was suffering from DMD. “It was devastating,” Amanda Bittel said. Byrum’s doctors thought he would be confined to a wheelchair by the time he reached third grade, but he managed to defy the odds for two more years.  

 

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