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Diane Stuttard had her lower left leg broken after being hit by a car while she walked home after a night out in 2001.
Both the tibia and fibula were shattered and she faced having the leg amputated after 11 operations.
However, she then contacted Anan Shetty, a leading orthopaedic surgeon, after seeing a Sky News report about him using stem cells to save the leg of a climber.
During her operation, at the private Spire Alexandra Hospital in Chatham, Kent, stem cells from her bone marrow were taken and mixed with a gel called Surgifill, which trapped the cells against the fracture. Within days they started to form healthy new bone, healing the break.
Surgeons also lengthened her leg by cutting into a healthy section of bone, injecting the stem cell mix and using an orthopaedic scaffold to gently pull the bone apart at a rate of almost half an inch (1cm) a month.
Although it is not the first time stem cells have been used in bone reconstruction, it is the first time the combination of stem cells, Surgifill and the leg lengthening technique has been used anywhere in the world.
She told Sky News: "I was advised to have the leg amputated by the surgeon in Leeds, but thankfully I said I wanted to wait until I had exhausted all avenues. I'm glad I did because this stem cell technique has come up and now it's my chance to get it right."
Mr Shetty said: "I am confident the fracture will join up. We managed to cut out all the dead bone and get into bleeding bone, which means that it is healthy. We also managed to use stem cells that will stimulate the bone to grow quicker."
The doctors and patient will have to wait 18 months before they can be sure the leg has healed properly.
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Taking a hike with a grandchild is a joy to any grandparent, but to multiple sclerosis patient Mary Posta - just six months past her stem-cell treatment - that experience is a blessing.
“I went with my granddaughter to Washington state, and there was a beach about a half-mile down a nature trail that we would walk every day together,” Mary said. “That is something that I couldn’t have done before Costa Rica. Now, it didn’t phase me.”
Mary went to Costa Rica on Feb. 8 after raising $30,000 in nine months - mostly from strangers - for her stem-cell treatment. She enrolled in an intensive four-week program of stem-cell and physical therapies. She first made headlines in the local papers in January, when she urged people to stop donating money because she had received what she needed.
Now, six months after therapy, she wants to let people know she is doing well.
“I can walk, talk, sleep. I am doing great,” she said.
She still has some problems, such as numbness in her right arm. “But it’s stuff I can live with. Compared to the improvements, I have no complaints. Sometimes my balance is off, but that could be age.”
Mary celebrated her 60th birthday on March 12, four days after returning from Costa Rica. And it’s not only trips to the beach she’s been able to enjoy since.
“My granddaughter is 4 years old, and when we got back (from the beach) and I made it with no problems, we had lunch and we kept going,” Posta said. “We went to the zoo and walked all over. I got tired, but normal tired.”
“Normal” had not been in Mary’s vocabulary much prior to stem cells.
ED NOTE: Big Pharma bribed the regulators in Costa Rica (as in North America) to eliminate the greatest challenge to drug profits, adult stem cells. It was the most successful stem cell center in the western hemisphere, with hundreds of satisfied patients. With not a shred of scientific proof, and ignoring the many published papers by the center’s doctors, the corrupt government closed it, accompanied by celebration in the press by the crooked American scientists who engineered it for Big Pharma. What you will NOT read in the controlled press such as the NY Times, is that the same regulators had immediately given a new license to their friends.
The good news is that you need not go to Costa Rica ever again and pay the certainly less-competent bribing doctors for stem cells. The original five doctors are now all in Panama—same treatments, same cost, same successes. For more info, write don@RepairStemCells.org. The subject should be “Panama” and the message should show the disease for which you want info.
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Way back in 2009, Sarah Schutt was a 22 year old college student studying to become a Physician’s Assistant. Then she heard that her 2-year-old hypoplasia-blinded daughter was not incurable, but that many such babies had some vision returned in China. She left college, spent days and weeks learning about stem cells, raised funds from a generous small-town community and….well, let’s start at the beginning.
When Heather Schutt was born in 2007, she was blind, unable to see the faces of those who loved her, were caring for her. When she was two years old, local charitable organizations and donors raised $36,000 to send Heather to Qingdao, China, for a treatment that uses umbilical-cord stem cells to restore sight. The treatment for those with optic nerve hypoplasia is unavailable in the United States….and Sarah knows better than most why. “I was able to do a lot of research on my own,” she said.
Heather traveled with her mother, 23-year-old Sarah Schutt, and her great-grandmother, Nancy Erb, of Mifflinburg, to the Chinese hospital, where she received six intravenous treatments in four weeks.
“I don’t think she really understands,” Sarah said of Heather’s grasp of what happened to her. “She knew we weren’t home, and she really didn’t like the needle part …”After a five-week stay in China, they returned home July 20..
Medical professionals in China performed blood work every week on Heather, and though they explained the process, Sarah knew exactly what to expect and had few worries.
“I probably knew as much as the nurses,” she joked.
Physicians in America told Sarah that optic nerve hypoplasia causes vision problems and affects hormones. But in China, Sarah learned others had suffered even more as a result of it. The condition can cause growth, weight and brain damage, though it is not degenerative. Each child with the condition may be affected differently.
“It could get better,” Sarah said. “But without stem cells, most people don’t see a difference.”
Sarah said it is politics that kept such a procedure from being conducted in the United States.
“China uses umbilical-cord stem cells,” Sarah said, “which is pretty much considered medical waste.”
The embryonic component, however, continues to be added to legislative bills, and nothing is ever passed because of the controversy, she said. The treatment is used also to heal diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
When Heather was 4 months old, Sarah said, “We just didn’t think her sight was right. They hoped to have a pediatrician examine Heather, but then she got sick, had a seizure, and was in the hospital for 11 days. Her sugar level had dropped, and that’s when physicians discovered her hormone and sight trouble.
Optic nerve hypoplasia is one of the leading causes of blindness in children. “It was hard to accept at first,” Sarah said. “One of the first things we were told was there’s nothing that can be done.” While Heather couldn’t see or understand what was happening, Sarah was trying to settle the news in her own mind as well. But about four to five months later, hope arose.
Trucker Harold Wohlheiter, a member of the Masonic Motorcycle Club International Chapter 38, had picked up a publication in Harrisburg called “Moving On,” a magazine with articles all about truckers. One of those articles was about a little boy from Pennsylvania who had optic nerve hypoplasia. The boy’s grandparents had learned about stem cell surgery in China and raised the money necessary to send him there.
“I had this article in the truck for several weeks,” he said.
And then, one Sunday morning, while attending a breakfast at a local American Legion post, he met some of Heather’s relatives, including her grandparents, Linda and Glen Troup, whom he knew but hadn’t seen in several years. “We started reminiscing and talking,” Wohlheiter said.
A grandfather himself, he said they began sharing information about their grandchildren. The Troups then explained to him about Heather and her vision condition — the same one he had read about in the magazine article. “It’s like someone hit me with a hammer,” he said. The Lord really does work in mysterious ways---Don M.
He gave the article to the Troups, and Sarah contacted the Pennsylvania family in the article to get more information about what they may be able to do for Heather. But Wohlheiter thought he needed to do more, and he pitched the idea to raise money for Heather to his fellow motorcycle riders with Chapter 38.
“This thing fell in my lap,” he told them, “and I think we needed to do something.” His organization and another combined to raise about $20,000 for the trip. “Everyone was touched by this little girl’s story,” Wohlheiter said. Even in the rain, members showed up to run a fundraiser for Heather last August.
“I think it’s absolutely wonderful we could help give her sight,” said Nicole Longenberger, president of Coming Together with a Cause. “It’s the best gift — to see the faces of her loved ones, the smiles on their faces, and bright colors.”
The organization conducts two fundraisers each year to help children in need. Chapter 38 also does several fundraisers each year to help people in the community. In July, they escorted the body of a lance corporal killed overseas from the airport to his hometown of Williamsport. “It was a honor to do this,” Wohlheiter said, “but I don’t know if I want to do it again. It’s hard to ride a motorcycle while crying.”
It was hard to tell how fully the treatment had affected Heather’s vision at first. Once seeing only light and shadows, Sarah said, “We know she had vision before.” In addition, “She’s always been confident and independent,” she said.
But some changes were noticed after the first few treatments, and since July 20, when they returned home, and the stem cells began to work, Sarah said she has seen progress in her daughter.
When toys once had to be a foot in front of her for Heather to notice they were there — and then only an outline or a shadow — she now can located a toy three feet away.
And when once she swept in with both hands to take hold of something, she is now using one hand.
Her speech has also improved.
Sarah said doctors told her it could take up to six months to a year to see the full effects of the treatment.
Already beginning to teach Heather how to read Braille, Sarah is hoping that the little girl won’t need it.
“Our goal is that she will be able to function in public school,” Sarah said, “even if it’s with a little help.”
Heather continues to do the same things she’s always done.
She loves junk food, and often asks for her favorite foods — applesauce, pudding and “sghetti.”
Her favorite toy is a big ball won at the Union County West End Fair.
Sarah plans to dress Heather in a couple of traditional Chinese dresses she bought while in China, and take her picture to post on thank-you cards to all those who helped to send her there.
An annual haunted hay ride fundraiser will continue to be held in October to raise money to assist in Heather’s return to the Chinese hospital for more treatments that could help to restore even more of her sight, or for other families who want to go to China for the same.
This year, the ride will be held Oct. 22-23, and Oct. 29-30 at the West End Fairgrounds.
Donations may be made to Heather Schutt’s Medical Expense Trust at Mifflinburg Bank & Trust Co., P.O. Box 186, Mifflinburg, PA 17844.
More information is available by visiting www.myspace.com/stemcells4heather, e-mailing stemcells4heather@live.com, or calling Sarah or Linda at 524-4184.
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In May, 2005, California heart patient Dee Coats was told by her cardiologist that she needed an angioplasty. Angioplasty is a very common surgical technique of mechanically widening a narrowed or obstructed blood vessel; typically as a result of atherosclerosis.
Dee stared at the doctor and didn’t say much as she walked out. What she didn’t say was that she had undergone TWENTY FOUR ANGIOPLASTIES and would rather die than get that useless-to-her operation for the 25th time.
Searching the internet, Dee found TheraVitae, the only company in the world treating no-option heart patients with stem cells in 2005. She was soon approved for treatment and on her way to Bangkok. The procedure was a success. Within a month she shocked her angioplasty-pushing doctor with her lively appearance and energy---long missing from her life despite 24 wonderful “modern procedures.”
Two years later, in July, 2007, she wrote: “As I sit here typing this I am in still in amazement of the gift of life that God saw fit to make available to me through VesCell (TheraVitae’s brand name) Adult Stem Cell Therapy . My life has certainly changed for the better; I live an almost near normal life now.
When you have been at the bottom and felt you had no hope and you take that chance that just maybe you will be one of the few to see a new dawning in your life that is when there is an inner strength and the faith to seek new area for healing.”
In July, 2009, after 4 years, Dee told us: “Life is great and continues to get even better. I still get a little tired when I do too much, but don't we all? People are so amazed that I am so healthy and look so well. And they always say, "It was from your own stem cells, how awesome is that?" It seems as if our country, the United States of America would just go forward with the knowledge that is here, so many more people could benefit from this wonderful treatment. Since I have had my treatment, I have had three new great-grand children, seen my two youngest grand children graduate from high school and managed to go to school myself.”
FAST FORWARD TO JULY 2010, as Dee, now in her sixties, becomes TheraVitae’s second five-year, no-relapse patient. Dee tells us: "I just passed my five year anniversary...still going strong and enjoying life..........thank you ASC's (Adult Stem Cells).”
VesCell™ uses a patient’s own adult stem cells to treat Heart Disease and is a viable alternative for patients who either cannot undergo or choose not to undergo the standard treatment such as Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), heart transplants, or receiving maximal therapy. The company focused on using stem cells from the patient’s own blood in order to treat a variety of disorders, especially cardiovascular diseases. The company has developed a proprietary stem cell technology called VesCell™ that is currently being used by hospitals in Thailand to treat patients with heart disease. The company has treatment centers in Bangkok, Dominican Republic, and soon in Europe.
VesCell Web Site – http://www.vescell.com
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COPD PATIENT CHANGED FROM COUCH-POTATO TO MORE ACTIVE LIFESTYLE BY HIS OWN STEM CELLS
A retired chauffeur from Sussex, England, is indeed breathing easier following his stem cell therapy for COPD this past June. Mr. Wade also worked many years as a compositor for a printing company where he handled lead and other dangerous chemicals that he feels may have contributed to his COPD. (Ed Note: We feel he is correct about this.)
"I was taken ill with pneumonia in June 2009 and whilst in hospital I was diagnosed with COPD but I had had breathing problems since 2008 and this was being looked into by my doctor. I was very out of breath and weak and gradually became unable to carry out normal day to day activities. I couldn't do any gardening, cooking or decorating; I wasn't well enough to go on holiday. I used to sit in a chair doing very little. I wasn't able to shower without any assistance. I seldom left my home."
The stem cells were implanted via minimally invasive angiography into Mr. Wade's pulmonary arteries. The entire procedure normally takes about 90 minutes.
When asked about his progress since undergoing stem cell therapy, Mr. Wade replied, "Three weeks after treatment, I went to see my doctor in a London hospital. He carried out two tests and noted an improvement since my last (pre-stem cell) visit. Since the stem cell treatment, I have stopped using the inhalers which I used twice a day. I can now go on short walks. I can also go out with my friends and my breathing is so much improved. I've even felt able recently to cook a meal which I haven't done in over a year. " He went on to add, "My physiotherapist is amazed at how well I am doing for someone with COPD. I also had my SATS taken recently and they were 98%; a great improvement."
Do you know someone suffering needlessly from COPD with his useless prescription drugs? Repair Stem Cell Institute has three approved stem cell centers to choose from: Germany, Mexico and Central America…all with experienced trusted doctors using the patient’s own stem cells and charging roughly the same price.
For more info: email Don@RepairStemCells.org. Put COPD Treatment in the subject and which of the three centers you wish to learn about in the message.
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Largest long-term stem cell study in cardiology history shows huge increase in quality of life for stem cell patients vs. serious deterioration for standard cardiology.
Mortality reduction of 79% for stem cells vs. pill-takers.
STOCKHOLM -- Injecting autologous bone marrow stem cells directly into the hearts of patients with chronic heart failure appears to improve ventricular performance, quality of life, and survival, according to an open-label, nonrandomized study.
Benefits of the stem cell treatment were apparent within three months -- and persisted for up to five years of follow-up, Bodo-Eckehard Strauer, of Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Germany, reported at the European Society of Cardiology Congress here.
Patients who did not receive a stem cell infusion and remained on optimal medical therapy continued to deteriorate throughout the follow-up period.
There were no side effects, Strauer said in a "Hot Line" session.
The findings were reported earlier this year in the European Journal of Heart Failure -- a journal of the ESC -- which led the society to bar Strauer from submitting abstracts for two years. Presenting previously-published data broke the rules for "Hot Line" data.
Strauer said at a press briefing that patients with more severe heart failure seem to fare better from the stem cell treatment.
"This therapy has almost no risk. It can only be beneficial in patients. So, in my opinion, it has real clinical importance for the treatment of heart failure," he said.
Rob Califf, MD, vice chancellor for research at Duke University, highlighted the limitations of the study in his comments to MedPage Today:
"God gave us two gifts for doing clinical research -- blinding and randomization," Califf said in an interview. "If you have done neither, your data are interesting but not definitive."
ED NOTE: Dr. Califf is the point man for Big Pharma who will do anything to keep stem cells from interfering with his bosses' profits---including letting you die with his unproven** pills rather than admit over 2500 successfully treated patients around the world means anything. Over 500 of these successes were in USA FDA-approved clinical trials.
** 80% of Califf's drug trials are held in easily-bribed undeveloped countries away from FDA's oversight, according to the SEC and the US Dept. of Justice. Yet the drugs are automatically approved!
Strauer and his colleagues initially approached 391 patients with chronic heart failure resulting from an acute MI to participate in the study -- 191 agreed to receive an autologous bone marrow stem cell infusion, and 200 declined but agreed to participate as controls. The average period since patients experienced an MI was 8.5 years.
Although not randomized, the two groups had similar characteristics at baseline. Mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 29.5% in the treatment group and 36.1% in the control group, but the difference was not statistically significant.
All patients continued to receive optimal medical therapy.
For the bone marrow cell infusion, the researchers harvested stem cells from the patients' iliac crest. Mononuclear cells were isolated and rinsed with heparinized saline.
An average of 66 million stem cells per patient were infused into the infarct-related artery via an angioplasty balloon catheter. Inflation of the balloon simulated an ischemic condition, which prevented back-flow of the cells and provided time for cell migration to the infarct area.
At the three-month follow-up, there was significant improvement in left ventricular performance in the treatment group, reflected by improved cardiac index (by 22%), peak oxygen uptake (by 11%), and oxygen pulse (by 6.3%) (P<0.05 for all).
Exercise capacity increased by 15.4% from baseline, and left ventricular ejection fraction improved from 29.4% at baseline to 36% at three months (P<0.01 for both).
Both end-diastolic and end-systolic volume decreased from baseline in the treatment group (P<0.05 for both).
There were gains in quality of life as well, with the mean New York Heart Association (NYHA) class dropping from 3.22 to 2.25 (P<0.0167). In the control group, NYHA worsened from 3.06 to 3.5.
ED NOTE: NYHA
Class I = Minimum physical effect on the patient from his heart disease, perhaps occasional breathing problem or chest pain.
Class II = Trouble climbing stairs, lifting something heavy, walking quickly, plus general loss of energy.
Class III = Severe physical limitations, constant fatigue.
Class IV = Terminal, heart transplant and hospice are your only options.
The benefits in the treatment group persisted through one and five years.
The control group continued to deteriorate through the follow-up points.
Survival was better in the treatment group than in the control group. Through follow-up, 0.75% of the stem cell-treated patients died each year compared with 3.68% per year among controls (P<0.01).
"The reason [for the mortality reduction] may be twofold; namely, a decrease in pump failure and a decrease in severe cardiac arrhythmias," Strauer and his colleagues wrote in their paper.
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Eight years ago, the rotator cuff on Tom Novak’s left shoulder tore.
After surgery to repair the injury and the biceps tendonitis that came with the tear, Novak underwent six months of physical therapy to regain proper motion. Then this year, the same thing happened again – this time to his right shoulder.
“It was probably a combination of wear and tear and throwing around 50 pound bags,” the 70-year-old Southport resident said, recalling the sharp, shooting pain that ripped though his arm one afternoon in June when he was working around the house.
“I realized something had gone wrong because I couldn’t pick up the drill,” he said. “I could not lift my hand higher than my waist.” But this time around after the surgery, Novak the recovery was noticeably different.
Within days he no longer had to take pain medication, and in a few weeks he regained the same range of motion it took months of physical therapy to achieve last time.
“Eight years ago, they were doing things differently,” Novak said. This time, Novak’s orthopedic surgeon Austin Yeargan tried a new approach. Yeargan harvested adult stem cells from bone marrow that came from Novak’s hip and used them to help repair his rotator cuff, combining it with a process to bathe the surgical site with platelet-rich plasma to jump-start growth factors.
“What I’m most excited about is using it for rotator cuff procedures. There are 15 percent of people who still do not do well after the surgery,” said Yeargan, who is based in Southport but operates in Brunswick County and Wilmington. “What I’m hoping is it helps to heal in cases when it’s older adults who don’t have the best tissue in the world.
“I’m going to start using it too for the bad fractures where the bone is very poor.”
Because adult stem cells do not have a specific structure or function, they are showing promise in a range of different types of surgeries to aid the healing process.
“The stem cells, they’re the most important thing because they’re not differentiated. They can really do anything,” Yeargan said.
Sidestepping the controversial issue of embryonic stem cell use, researchers have looked at new ways to use stem cells taken directly from the patient.
Yeargan pointed out that there needs to be more studies published using controlled groups to back up the procedure.
“Anecdotally, I have noticed a far quicker recovery and less pain,” he said.
Philip Hardison, president and CEO of the Wilmington-based Synergistic Technologies company that distributes the equipment for the process and has been marketing it to area surgeons, said the approach also has been used locally for spine fusions to grow bone after spine surgery.
He pointed to other areas of the country where the patient’s adult stem cells have been used to treat chronic wounds that won’t heal and for peripheral artery disease.
Last year, researchers in Ohio published the outcome of a clinical trial during which six of nine patients with severe peripheral artery disease who received adult stem cell transplants avoided major amputation. The stem cells helped grow new blood vessels to bypass damaged ones.
Blood vessels, however, are not the only thing adult stem cells could be used for as the building blocks for new growth. “If you put them (the adult stem cells) in the knee, where you typically have bone on bone, it will regrow the cartilage, which will prevent someone from having a total knee (replacement) surgery or at least buy them some time,” Hardison said. “Right now, we’ve been using it in orthopedic and spine surgeries, but the next level is with some of the trauma surgeons and to avoid amputations.”
FROM DON MARGOLIS: This doctor took a major step forward but will be stopped by the FDA, as all good doctors are who actually try to help people with the only stem cells which work. NOT because they are unsafe but because Repair Stem Cells threaten the profits of the Big Corporations who own our government and the FDA. There are two little companies in the USA which do what this doctor did without the surgery. The FDA is, of course, doing its best to destroy stem cells which help people and has come up with a new law to close one of them down. If you don’t know this by now, learn it:
Rule #1 of medicine in North America is profits to the big guys come first.
Rule #2 no cures of chronic diseases allowed---EVER, since cured patients cannot contribute to profits.
Rule #3 Patients are profitable Lab Rats, nothing more. Allow drugs which kill by the thousands but not stem cells which can’t kill anyone.
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Marine Corporal “First to Get New Procedure” for spinal cord injury
While 2000 SCI patients around the world have had Adult Stem Cells implanted in the past 8 years, it is sad to know how many Americans are being fooled. Every time someone is treated in the USA with stem cells (for any disease) the press releases and newspapers always call it a “first” when 100% of the time it is not.
The first patient to undergo an adult stem cell procedure that may help spinal cord injury patients regain function had an injection Thursday that may change the course of medical history.
That’s the nonsense given to medical reporters at every major USA newspaper, and they always go for it! Fortunately for the patient, his procedure is long-proven and his chances for success are about 65%.
Sitting in his den Thursday morning, surrounded by pictures of Dr. John, Matt Cole, the patient, was cool, calm and collected. His wife Kim was with him, and he answered questions for documentation of the medical procedure he was about to undertake – an injection of his stem cells into his spinal cord that may help him regain use of his lower body.
Cole, 30, was injured in Iraq during his second tour of duty. A corporal in the U. S. Marine Corps, his day of infamy was May 17, 2005. Insurgents attacked with mortars and rockets and he was hit with shrapnel in the back and right lung. As a result, he suffered a spinal cord injury and a collapsed lung.
His was treated on the site by corpsman and then flown to a MASH unit. There he was put under, stabilized and sent to a hospital in Germany. “I was supposed to die,” Cole said.
Four days later he was flown from Germany to the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland and later he went to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tampa for rehab and physical therapy.
His long, grueling road back included physical therapy, occupational therapy, recreational therapy and learning how to adjust to his new life—in a wheelchair.
He learned how to get off the floor, how open and close doors and how to get from the bed to the wheelchair, among other tasks.
Through it all, his mother Diane said, “He kept in good spirits and has never been anything other than positive.”
He said, “Kim was the first one to the hospital and has stayed by me ever since.” They were dating at the time and are now married, expecting their first child. Kim is an adaptive physical education teacher for St. Tammany Parish.
Conscientious about his physical therapy, Cole has continued exercising and keeping himself fit, hoping that one day he would be able to find a medical solution that would help him get out of the wheelchair.
“Keeping a positive attitude is key, along with a strong faith in God and staying in shape. You can really fall into a hole, so it’s important to remain positive and keep up with what’s out there in research, anything that can improve your quality of life,” said Cole.
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A SEVERELY-DISABLED boy could already be showing signs of improvement after undergoing groundbreaking stem cell therapy in Germany.
Callum Miller, five, has just returned from the XCell Center, at the Institute of Regenerative Medicine clinic, in Cologne, where he had a procedure which could help improve his quality of life.
Callum, a pupil at the Pioneer School,
Basildon,
is unable to move his arms or legs, hear, or swallow after being born with severe brain damage. He also has cerebral palsy and is epileptic.
The therapy saw stem cells being taken from Callum’s hip bone and then re-inserted into his spine.
Although it is too early to tell if it will have a long-lasting effect, Callum’s mum, Jane Morgan, is thinking positively.
Jane, 33, of Bourne Close, Laindon, has been fundraising for two years to raise the £9,000 needed for the treatment.
The single mum said: “We won’t know if there’s been any big improvement for about three months or so, but already I think Callum is showing some sign it has worked.
“There’s something different about his eyes, as though he is more aware of things going on around him.
“If we see some amazing changes, I will be shouting it from the rooftops.”
The treatment has a success rate of 67 per cent in children with Callum’s disabilities.
Some children having stem cell therapy end up being able to move their limbs or even to see and hear.
Jane said: “We had to try. If it works or not, it’s something, as a mother, I had to do for Callum.”
The XCell Center is the world’s first private institution licensed to carry out the stem cell treatment Callum needed.
Jane said: “It was an amazing place. There were families there from all over the world. We met people from Egypt, America and from the UK, all hoping for the same results as us.”
Callum’s brother Connor, aged seven, was on hand to support the boy.
Jane said: “Connor is an amazing brother to Callum. He loves him so much. After the stem cell procedure, he sat with Callum next to his bed and showed him his cuddly toy, Woof Woof, to cheer him up.”
A friend of Jane’s is organising a charity football match in aid of Callum’s cause, at the James Hornsby School, in Laindon, at 12.15pm on Saturday.
Jane said: “We may have to go back to the clinic for further procedures so it’s important to keep fundraising. People have been incredibly supportive so far and we are very grateful.”
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Though nowadays Big Pharma, Mainstream Media, and Embryonic Stem Cell lobbies have tried to suppress offshore stem cell treatments, VesCell has pushed onward as clinical trials, patient needs, and success in over 500 patients cannot be silenced. Ron discovered VesCell online, and like hundreds before him, he is now living a far more normal life.
Premature Ventricular Contraction (PVC) means your heart skips a beat and then resumes beating normally until a minute or so and skips again, in his case thousands of times a day. His symptoms included congestive heart failure and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. His ejection fraction had dropped to 25% and he suffered shortness of breath at times. To combat his valvular heart disease, Ron received both the Maze Procedure and a bovine mitral valve replacement in December, 2003, but his PVC and palpitations continued to be bothersome and getting worse.
The North Carolina cardiomyopathy patient was told by his cardiologist that there was nothing he could do about his PVC and his 25% ejection fraction. Ron, at 62 decided that he no longer wished to suffer thousands of palpitations a day, not to mention occasional shortness of breath. In a word, he simply was not getting better, he was getting worse.
In April, 2010, he took the advice of an acquaintance and made the trek to Bangkok as over 250 American heart patients had before him, and fortunately, he joined the 70% of them who went on to a better quality of life.
“At the two-month mark, I suddenly realized that the PVCs had dropped from thousands to just a few a day. Just as importantly, my energy is up and that I can feel every day now. I was depressed as a no-hope patient, but after talking to my Bangkok cardiologist, I realize how misinformed I had been. My positive attitude today reflects that.”
Ron continues to improve, and looks forward to sharing his experiences with future adult stem cell patients.
VesCell™ uses a patient’s own adult stem cells to treat Heart Disease and is a viable alternative for patients who either cannot undergo or choose not to undergo the standard treatment such as Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), heart transplants, or receiving maximal therapy. The company focused on using stem cells from the patient’s own blood in order to treat cardiovascular diseases.
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