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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

The Repair Stem Cell Institute (which I founded) has just issued a press release- we wanted to touch on Senate Bill (SB) 1565 in California which was vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, not a good move in our opinion. However, we also wanted to praise the people who brought Senate Bill 1565 up to pass, at least it shows people are finding out that adult stem cell therapy is the Gold Standard in stem cells and has the most potential to bring cures to Californians and the rest of the world. We would like to single out (thank) California State Senator Shelia Kuehl for pushing the bill forward. Here is our press release in its' entirety:

BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- "California State Senator Shelia Kuehl's leadership role in Senate Bill (SB) 1565 is strong action by a prominent Democrat to bring 'adult stem cell research to the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) as the viable and credible life science that it is," stated Don Margolis, Chairman of The Repair Stem Cell Institute (RSCI; www.RepairStemCells.org), a public service company devoted to educating the public about adult stem cell research and treatments worldwide.

"Adult stem cells are now the 'gold standard' and the only stem cells which have any chance to help people in the next decade," declared Margolis. "But embryonic profiteers and their biotech lobby have politically influenced CIRM, creating a taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell corporate 'welfare' program that hasn't produced even one possible medical treatment. In fact, because they have no viable path to any embryonic stem cell cures, CIRM has already thrown away $271 million of its $3 billion fund to help finance construction of expensive biotech research facilities for the very institutions which have failed to find a way to implant embryonic cells into humans, or even animals for that matter. And now Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed Senator Kuehl's legislation which may have led to adult stem cell research, thus delaying access to long-proven safe and effective therapies for people suffering with 100+ diseases."

According to Margolis, "The only good news out of this situation is that a Democratic leader from the largest state in the union has stood up to the powerful embryonic stem cell lobby and taken a valiant stand for citizens. Senator Kuehl must have done her research about adult stem cells. She may have checked the U.S. Government website (www.clinicaltrials.gov) and found for herself a list of over 2000 clinical trials, most of which are already implanting adult stem cells into humans for specific diseases such as cancer, heart, diabetes and others. She most likely saw that embryonic stem cell clinical trials are in the single digits with no human and no diseases involved. Or perhaps, Senator Kuehl and her fellow Democrat legislators visited http://www.RepairStemCells.org/StemCellTreatmentCenters.php for RSCI's comprehensive listing of stem cell treatment centers and doctors/researchers meeting the Institute's 'Standards of Excellence' and are collectively treating 100+ medical conditions."

Margolis had one last word for Gov. Schwarzenegger: "You defended your veto last week by claiming that California voters originally supported only embryonic stem cell research. That's just not true, Governor. They voted for Proposition 71, which specifically included 'adult stem cells'. Read the law, Governor!"

About RSCI:

The Repair Stem Cell Institute LLC (RSCI) is a global public service firm dedicated to educating the public about repair stem cell/adult stem cell research and treatments worldwide. RSCI was founded in April 2008 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand with offices in Dallas, Texas and Washington, D.C.

SOURCE Repair Stem Cell Institute LLC

I hesitate to post this story because there are no names mentioned. The story just mentions an NFL player and doesn't give his name- "NFL Player Avoids Liver Transplant By Stem-Cell Treatment"

Who is it? Is it a current player? A former player? Tom Brady?

Later on, the story mentions the company is headed by a "Stanford law school graduate"- again, no names- he is embarrassed because he didn't pass the bar exam?

Here it is in its entirety:

NFL Player Avoids Liver Transplant By Stem-Cell Treatment

October 6, 2008 -- The treatment according to his US Physician was so successful he will not require the liver transplant he was scheduled for in the near future. The most visibly apparent change has been in his appearance due to a drop in his bilirubin level from 6 to a 2 which is close to normal for person of his build and height. It has returned his skin from yellowish to a normal healthy look. In addition, his meld score has dropped in a short period of time from 20 to below 16 and is quickly heading lower.

The treatment was arranged by Stem Cell Regenco, a Silicon Valley company headed by a Stanford law school graduate that holds exclusive rights to the Russian stem cell treatment protocol of Dr. GT. Sukhikh one of the world's foremost stem cell physcians. The treatment is in lieu of a liver transplant and eliminates the danger of a liver rejection and the necessity of taking organ anti-rejection drugs for the rest of a patients life at a cost of $12,000 a year. It is particularly effective in repairing liver damage caused by hepatitis B , C and Cerrosis.

And here is the link

I post this story because it may be of possible benefit to some readers who have a liver condition. I also post it as a lesson on how not to do a press release. As the stem cell treatment industry is rather new, more openness is needed by this company and others. No, I'm not asking for 8 years of clinical trials and double blind studies before a treatment for the liver is used and thus relegating patients in the meantime to a liver transplant or worse.

Imagine if the NFL player (even if he wasn't a star player) had given his permission to use his name as an example to the rest of the world rather than staying anonymous- that my friends, would make this story very much newsworthy rather than raising some questions from yours truly- who already is a believer in adult stem cell treatment.

Here is another recent story on stem cell therapy for the liver

This story I bring you today is a very nice one written by the father of a young man who was saved by a stem cell transplant. The young man, Yosef Eliezrie, in Los Angeles, was suffering from Leukemia and needed a bone marrow (stem cell) transplant to save his life. Unbeknown to him, the process of saving his life had begun 2 years before he was even diagnosed with leukemia during a bone marrow drive half way around the world :

It's hard to believe that a bank could save a life. But that is exactly what happened to my son in California.

Twenty-two months ago he had a bone marrow transplant. The donor, Moshe Price, is a young yeshiva student in Jerusalem. Walking one day together with his sister, he noticed a sign on the wall of the Bank of Jerusalem advertising a bone marrow drive. In a split second he made the decision to walk inside, and he and his sisters became members of the Ezer Mizion Bone Marrow Project.

Two months ago I had taken a tour group to shop in Mea She'arim. I decided to take a detour and I walked into the bank on Rehov Ya'acov Meir. The bank is nestled in the midst of the religious neighborhood of Geula, adjacent to Mea She'arim. The managers, tellers and all the staff are religious.
I walked over to the manager's office and stuck in my head. In Hebrew and Yiddish I told him the story. "You remember the bone marrow drive you did here some four years ago?"

"Yes," he replied.

"Well, it saved my son's life."

The reaction was astonishment. A bone marrow drive, that was a nice idea, but to be told by the father of the recipient, from California no less, that it saved a life, that the decision to use the bank for the drive would have such palpable results, was a quite a surprise. The staff gathered around; the Internet was checked for articles about the story. The "wow" effect was amazing.

That is why I keep hammering you readers to go to the Bone Marrow donor website- and register your bone marrow. Or see this organization I wrote about here.

You can make a difference. And Yosef's father says it best at the end of his story- So if someone tells you that you can't save a life, and your actions don't really make a difference, don't believe it. A small decision on Rehov Ya'acov Meir in Geula gave life to another person on the other side of globe.

Click here to read the whole thing

While I usually cover stories involving blind children who are able to see for the first time(here, here, and here), these children usually have optic nerve conditions. But the cornea is a different part of the eye and as such requires a different treatment. Although I was aware that Dr. Edward Holland in Cincinnati has had some success treating blind patients with cornea problems, I had never heard of it elsewhere- until today.

And just like last Friday's story on stem cell therapy for the spinal cord, this is taking place in India- who I must say seem to be far ahead of the rest of the world as far as making adult stem cell therapy AVAILABLE as a treatment.

Here is more of this story:

MUMBAI: Abhishek Sharma, a 34-year-old from New Delhi, can not only read the fine print of Sidney Sheldon and Harry Potter books without straining his eyes, but also ride a bike as easily as anyone else. Besides, he can complete his assignments as a business development manager at a top insurance firm.

All this is a far cry from his sorry state ten years ago, when he couldn't even see a person a step away. Towards 1998 end, his corneas dried up, blurring his vision.
Meetings with various doctors, coupled with treatments covering allopathy, homeopathy and ayurveda, followed but to no avail.

Finally, Sharma's parents decided to allow their son to take corneal epithelial stem cell therapy, which involves taking stem cells from his parents' eyes (as both of Sharma's eyes were damaged), culturing and injecting them into his eyes.

The therapy, handled by eye surgeon Virender Sangwan at Hyderabad's LV Prasad Eye Institute in 2000-01, worked wonders and restored Sharma's eyesight, making him one of the first people in the country to undergo this therapy. Today, the father of two leads a comfortable professional and personal life. Restoration of vision through this therapy helped Sharma continue his education and become a manager in his company.

Since then, corneal epithelial stem cell therapy is gradually emerging as a new ray of light for those who have lost their vision as a result of chemical burns or drug reactions. If a patient's one eye is damaged, the stem cells from the good eye can be taken for therapy.

If the damage is to both eyes, the treatment no longer needs stem cells from a close relative's eyes (like in Sharma's case) as it did earlier. Doctors are successfully using stem cells from under the lips of the patient, called oral mucosa tissues, said Geeta K Vemuganti, head (ocular pathology services) at LV Prasad Eye Institute, which has till date operated on over 600 patients.

“Stem cells inside the cheeks of the patient can also be used for treatment. As the patient's own tissues are used, the risk of rejection is negligible and there are no side-effects, said an eye surgeon from Madurai's Aravind Eye Hospital, which has treated about 12 patients through this therapy.


Hospital and founder of Krishna Eye Centre in Mumbai. So far, at both LV Prasad and Aravind, the success rate has been 60-70%, that is, 60-70% of the patients have got back over 70% of their vision.

In case of the rest, vision has been restored only to the extent of 30-40%. The treatment costs Rs 15,000-20,000 depending on the level of damage to the eye.

20,000 Rupees?? That is approximately $425 for a stem cell treatment that has no negative side effects and works 60-70% of the time?!!!!! And even in the unsuccessful patients, their vision still improves slightly? I say it again- I wish adult stem cell treatment was available all over the world like it is in India.

Click here for the whole article

This story I bring you today is very nice.  In fact, it is wonderful.  There is a government run hospital in India that is treating spinal cord injury patients with their own adult stem cells at affordable rates.

This is what I have in mind for the United States, Europe, Asia  etc.  That is why I formed my Repair Stem Cell Institute .  I wanted to make Adult Stem Cell therapy available and affordable to all.  I call adult stem cells the greatest medicine the world has ever known- a medicine with no side effects whose only job is to repair.

Well, these folks in India are ages ahead of the US.  Here is some more of this story:

The city finally got a dedicated centre that offers stem cell therapy for spinal cord injuries at affordable rates. The civic-run Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital inaugurated the state's first Stem Cell Genetic Research Centre on Tuesday.

“Of the eight patients to whom we have provided the stem cell treatment, six have shown positive results, said Dr Prerna Badhe, stem cell consultant at the the hospital.

Now, read this next paragraph carefully- they sum up what I have been trying to communicate to the general public for the last 5 years of my life!

“Stem cell therapy is also known as replacement therapy or regenerative therapy. It multiplies, connects, releases neurotransmitters, acts as growth factors, revascularises and reduces scar formation. Also, it has no side effects. It does not require immunosuppressants which are painful, said Dr Badhe. “It promotes growth of damaged tracts, bridges the lesion sites, repairs damaged nyelin, replenishes cells lost in the injury. It's better than drugs and biomedical devises. The stem cell therapy has minimal or no reactions and preserves the biological process, said Dr Badhe.

Imagine if this was available in every hospital in your city.  Receiving a treatment that most of the time will help you with serious injuries/conditions/diseases, but even in the worse case scenario, will simply have no effect because you are using your own stem cells to help.

Click here to see this story about the hospital in India that helps spinal cord injury patients 

My adult stem cell organization, just put out a press release today.   It addresses some recent ads by Barack Obama that are misleading regarding stem cell research.  However, for the record, I'm not attacking Barack Obama, rather I wish to point out to him and the rest of America, that adult stem cell therapy is already offering cures/treatments for various diseases such as Diabetes.

Here is an excerpt from my stem cell press release :

BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama's political advertisement focusing on "stem cell research" and using the mother of a child with juvenile diabetes "implies there are currently no stem cell therapies available for someone with this disease and that's just not true," stated Don Margolis, Chairman of The Repair Stem Cell Institute (www.RepairStemCells.org) based in Bangkok, Thailand. The Obama ad features a mother, Jody Montgomery, who says in the commercial: "My name is Jody Montgomery and my daughter Maddy was diagnosed with type 1 juvenile diabetes at age 3. Six times a day, I take her blood. Six times a day, I pray for a cure. Researchers are working hard to do just that. Our best hope is stem cell research, and that's why we support Barack Obama."

According to Margolis, "Patients with the same type 1 diabetes as Maddy Montgomery are being treated with 'adult stem cells' today in Cologne, Germany, one of the world's finest government-approved medical facilities, as well as at medical facilities in Latin America. Furthermore, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) web site (www.clinicaltrials.gov) has at least 7 medical and life science studies where 'adult stem cells' and diabetes treatments are mentioned. There are over 2000 adult stem cell clinical trials listed on the NIH web site and only five 'embryonic' stem cell trials registered.

Margolis urged Senator Obama "to visit www.RepairStemCells.org/StemCellTreatmentCenters.php for RSCI's global listing of stem cell treatment centers and the doctors/researchers meeting the Institute's rigid Standards of Excellence. He could then review the 100+ diseases (including type 1 diabetes) now being treated with adult stem cells by renowned doctors throughout the world."

Please let me know what you think about our press release in comments.  Or, you are always welcome to contact me personally -  donmargolis@gmail.com or call me at 1-214-556-6377.   Thank you and I hope you find this website and www.repairstemcells.org useful and helpful as well as interesting.

In August, I posted the story about Savannah Watring, 8, from Missouri, who suffers from Optic Nerve Hypoplasia.  At the time, she was in China for her stem cell therapy and blind since birth, the ADULT stem cell treatment helped almost immediately while she was still in China.

Now, they have updated the story on how she is doing and there is even a very cool video on Savannah too.  I am very happy to present it here:

An 8-year-old Missouri girl who'd never seen the faces of the people who love her can now see thanks to stem cell treatments.

Doctors said it would be three to six months before they would see any change, but after her fourth treatment, something amazing happened in an elevator.

"When Savannah was facing the mirror, she said, 'hi.' Brent looked at me and I looked at Brent. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry," Watring said.

"It was like, one day she was not seeing anything, and the next day she was seeing the letter E and which way the legs went," Savannah's aunt Shonna Millsap said.

While, she doesn't always get every letter and shape right, her family believes the improvement is nothing short of a miracle.

"I'm not a bit sorry. I'd do it all over again. It might plateau over the next few months, and if we need to go back, we will," Watring said.

Click here for the story and Optic Nerve Hypoplasia video starring Savannah Watring 

For more information on this stem cell treatment for optic nerve hypoplasia or any optic nerve condition, I suggest you contact Kirshner Ross-Vaden who works for the stem cell therapy company in China that treated Savannah.  Her email is kirshner.ross@gmail.com

Adult Stem Cell Treatment can help patients who are suffering from alcoholic liver cirrhosis. This (cirrhosis) is just another addition to the list of diseases that stem cell therapy can help. Again, these patients were treated with their own adult stem cells -no risk there ie. they had nothing to lose and everything to gain. And gain they did:

Administering autologous expanded mobilized adult progenitor CD34+ cells into the hepatic artery of patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis (ALC) leads to considerable benefit, researchers report in the September issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

"We are encouraged that the majority of patients in this study experienced a significant improvement in their liver functions," senior investigator Dr. Nagy A. Habib told Reuters Health.

Dr. Habib of Imperial College, London, and colleagues studied nine ALC patients who had been abstinent for at least 6 months. The patients underwent granulocyte colony-stimulating factor mobilization and leukapheresis. Autologous CD34+ cells were then expanded in vitro by an average of 5 times and injected into the hepatic artery.

All patients tolerated the procedure well and over 12 weeks of follow-up there were significant decreases in serum bilirubin. A significant reduction in levels of alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase was seen 1 week after the transfusion and showed improvement through the study period.

Seven of the patients showed an improvement in Child-Pugh scores, and on imaging at 12 weeks, three patients showed a complete resolution of ascites and two had a significant reduction.

"This is an area of medicine where there is tremendous progress day by day," concluded Dr. Habib. "We hope that stem cell treatment will help many patients with liver disease."

See the full results to the study here

Special thanks to Wesley Smith for this one

I received an interesting email from Kirshner Ross-Vaden of Beike Biotech in China.  Beike specializes in stem cell treatments for neurological and autoimmune diseases.  Beike can treat optic nerve disorders, stroke, cerebral palsy...and about 100 other diseases/conditions.  If you want to find out more about them, go to my search engine here in the upper right corner and type in "China" and you will find many adult stem cell success stories thanks to Beike in China.  Or click on the top right corner here where the Stem Cell Treatment Centers are and find "Stem Cells China" for more information on this innovative company.  Or, simply email me, Don Margolis at donmargolis@gmail.com .

Beike is running a Christmas promo....well, I'll just let Kirshner tell you:

 

Join us in China to celebrate the holidays and we will

wrap up 15 million little gifts to go under your tree for free!

 

To celebrate the holiday's Beike bio-tech is running a special offer for the month of December, 2008.  Book your treatment to arrive in China and receive treatment in the month of December and you will receive a free Stem Cell Transplant with approximately ten to fifteen million stem cells.

 

This is a one time offer valued at over $3500.00 USd's.

Certain restrictions do apply, see below.

 

To take advantage of this limited offer contact your Beike Medical Consultant

Kirshner Ross-Vaden; kirshner@beikebiotech.com

Dr. Monique West; westwellness@hotmail.com

Dr. Christine Taylor;   dr.taylor@beikebiotech.com

 

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don't hesitate as space is very limited and available spots will be assigned on a first come basis.

Once all openings are filled the offer will be closed.

Specific arrival and departure dates do apply and will be assigned to you by your consultant.

This offer applies to those clients being provided treatment during the month of December and staying with us over the Christmas Holiday. 

If for any reason you change your assigned dates the offer is no longer valid.

This offer is not valid if you have already confirmed your treatment dates and you cancel and or change them.

This offer does not apply to Bone Marrow Transplants or MSC vials.

This is only available to those participating in a regular treatment program that includes our current standard pricing.

This offer can not be combined with any other discounts and/or special offers.

This offer only applies to clients paying under our current pricing structure.

 Current pricing information can be obtained from your medial consultant.

All funds are due on or before November 1^st, 2008 in order to qualify for this offer.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Space is limited so do not wait, apply to register today.

It is as easy as hitting reply, asking for a registration form to be sent to you and then clicking on “send!

 

We look forward to spending the holiday's with you!

 

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Check out our web sites at:

www.beikebiotech.com

or

www.stemcellschina.com