I'm sorry.  Today, blogging will be on hold as I am feeling under the weather.  However, if you have just come across this blog, please feel free to have a look around.  We specialize in successful adult stem cell treatments for various conditions.  If you are interested in stories on a specific condition- use the search engine to your right.  For example, type in "Diabetes" or "Parkinsons" or whatever condition you are interested in and you will see some amazing stories.    Also, if you are interested in stem cell treatment information-  go check out our organization- The Repair Stem Cell Institute- Adult Stem Cell Treatment

Paralyzed in a car accident 7 years ago, Erica Nader hasn't let that stop her from being a pioneer in a number of ways.  In 2003, she was first U.S. patient to undergo adult stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury in Portugal.  The stem cell therapy was performed by noted stem cell for the spinal cord specialist- Dr. Carlos Lima (a member of the Repair Stem Cell Institute's Science Advisory Board)

Also, she has opened her own rehabilitation center called Walk the Line to SCI Recovery.

It is one of about two dozen programs nationwide that emphasize intensive exercise regimens for spinal cord injury patients. More conventional programs focus on functional daily activities, like transferring from a bed to a wheelchair, or eating food or drinking from a cup. Intense therapy such as Nader's tends to be offered to people with less serious spinal cord injuries.

Since changing the focus in her training to more weight-bearing activity earlier this year, she has noticed her breathing, balance and core strength improve. She feels sensation in her lower limbs at times, for the first time.

The stepping movements and knee flexion exercises, known to professionals in the field as locomotor training, help reawaken dormant nerve cells in the spinal cord, experts say, citing 20 years of studies. They should provide lifelong benefits that reduce health costs, researchers say.

When I met with Dr. Carlos Lima this year, he told me that the implantation of the stem cells are useless without a good rehabilitation program afterwards.  Well, judging by this video (below) it looks like Erica is getting the most out of her stem cell treatment.

Click on this link to see the video-

Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury

And click here to read the whole article

Four months ago, I wrote about the two gentlemen with multiple sclerosis in Texas.  They had formed a friendship and traveled together to Costa Rica to receive adult stem cell treatment for their multiple sclerosis (MS).  Their stem cell treatment was in late May, 2008.  Since then, they have kept a multiple sclerosis blog chronicling their improvement after their stem cell therapy.  I have followed their blog with interest on a monthly basis.  You can see my previous posts on Richard Humphries and Preston Walker, a Fort Worth police sergeant.

Here is the latest from Richard:

October 04, 2008

Hopes rewarded in Costa Rica

It's a celebration! Everyone around the world come on! Over the weekend, in the Atlanta area, 200 stem cell transplant recipients and some of their stem cell donors met at a big party to celebrate life.

Just the fact that these people were able to attend this function was a miracle in itself and most of them were on death's door and would not be alive except for the fact that they each had an unselfish bone marrow donor giving them the stem cells that would save their life:

In 2001, Troy Ford was on death's door with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a form of cancer.

In three weeks, he's competing in an Ironman triathlon.

Ford, now 39 and cancer free, got a life-saving bone marrow transplant at Northside Hospital, making him one of about 150 people yearly who endure the lengthy and painful procedure at the north Fulton County hospital.

“Seeing all these people is great, Ford said Saturday as he joined about 200 bone marrow recipients at a gala luncheon Northside threw to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its Blood and Marrow Transplant Program.

“This is truly awesome, said Thomas Burt, 62, of Dawsonville, who was diagnosed with myofibrosis in 2005 and got a bone marrow transplant the following year. Last summer, Burt and his wife, Laura, drove to Ocala, Fla., to meet his donor, Michelle Pearson. She sat next to the Burts at Saturday's lunch, at which attendees dined on grilled chicken, mashed potatoes and grilled mixed vegetables.

“This is wonderful. It's really a great event, said Pearson, who keeps tabs on Burt every few weeks through e-mails and phone calls. “He's my blood brother.

On the way home Saturday evening, Ford's mind wandered back to the half-dozen doctors who attended the event.

“What these guys are doing, that's the real story, he said. “They're not curing colds. They're saving lives.

What are you waiting for? Go to www.marrow.org now and register and perhaps save a life. It could really help someone in desperate need and may be the nicest gift you can ever give someone- the gift of life.

Click here to see the whole happy article

Beike Biotech, the company in China that is behind many of my posts on successful stem cell treatments (use my search function and type in 'China'), and one of stem cell treatment centers that meet the Repair Stem Cell Institute's strict standards has announced that they have signed 8 new agreements:

 The eight organizations that
will share resources, research information, and best practices with Beike
Biotech are: AELCELL of Stanford, California, Nanjing Medical University, the
China Medical City, Hua Zhong Technical University, the University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston, Jiangsu People's Hospital, the No. 2
Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, and the Wu Hu City No. 2 People's
Hospital in Anhui, China. These mutual cooperation agreements vastly increase
Beike's ability to incorporate real-time research information into its network,
bolstering Beike's position as the Asian leader and one of the world's
foremost biotechnology companies providing stem cell solutions for a range of
ailments.

This may be news for those who say that patients who travel overseas to China are getting scammed.
The two agreements that stand out there are Stanford and University of Texas!
Do you think Stanford and University of Texas would sign an agreement with some fly-by-night operation?

Beike also announced they are forming a Data and Safety Monitoring Board as well as a
Stem Cell Expert Advisory Committee:

Dr. Sean Hu further said, "We at Beike are committed to providing clarity
and resonance in the newly unfolding stem cell research and treatment fields.
We seek to set the global standard, demonstrating that everything we do is
genuine, safe, and of world-class quality.  This is why we will continue to
increase transparency, welcoming international standard oversight systems
which will serve to make the Beike team and our services even better." 

Click here for more information about stem cell treatment in China.
Click here for the full press release