That is what it looks like. All of you may remember Hwang Woo-suk, the South Korean scientist who claimed to be the first to be able to clone embryos. Hwang became an overnight sensation. He was the pride and joy of South Korea. The government even created a stamp with his picture on it. The mainstream media and the embryonic stem cell profiteers in the United States trumpeted it as proof that the U.S. was falling behind in embryonic stem cell research and called for more tax payer funded research. It later turned out to be a big fraud .

Well, he is back in the news again although he isn't getting nearly enough attention this time. It looks like Australia is going to grant him a patent on the (unsuccessful) process of cloning embryonic stem cells. Here is more from a Korean newspaper:

Australia is the only country so far to approve a patent for the cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk based on a stem cell line at the center of the scandal that saw him fall from grace.

The Korea Intellectual Property Office said Wednesday that Hwang submitted patent application in Korea and several other countries since 2006, and Korea, Russia, Canada, China, New Zealand and the European Union rejected the application. SooAm Biotech Research, which is headed by Hwang, announced Tuesday that Australia granted the patent for technology for cloning human embryonic stem cells.

According to KIPO, the six countries rejected Hwang's application because he violated Korean bioethics regulations in the process of making the embryonic stem cells and because the results could not be duplicated.

“The patent offices in these countries accepted the judgment by the investigation committee at Seoul National University and Science magazine that no real cloned human stem cells existed, an KIPO official said. “We rejected the application on the same grounds.

I have to give Hwang credit. He does have a lot of nerve- applying for (and receiving) a patent for cloned human stem cells that don't exist and for which he was publicly disgraced.

With the patent, Hwang may be able to demand royalties from other stem cell researchers who try to clone embryos.  In other words, Hwang, can profit from his fraud.  This is truly amazing to me.

However, where are the quotes from embryonic stem cell researchers condemning Hwang? Where is the media coverage? Where is the outrage?  I want to hear from the International Society for Stem Cell Research and other organizations. Hwang is the poster boy for the embryonic stem cell fraud that is being perpetrated on the American public and for him to get away with something like this is ridiculous.

Over 300,000 Americans suffer from scleroderma- usually it is confined to a autoimmune related skin disorder.  However, about 1/3 of scleroderma sufferers have systemic scleroderma, the most severe form which destroys interior organs- kidneys, lungs, etc.  and can eventually kill the patient.

For patients with systemic scleroderma, there is no cure.  However, unsurprisingly, it is adult stem cells leading the way in what possibly can be a cure for this disease.

2 years ago, Bari Martz was suffering from systemic scleroderma.  The systemic scleroderma was causing her to lose about 10% lung function per month.  She was given approximately 1 year to live.

Enter Adult Stem Cells ( or Repair Stem Cells as I like to call them)-

"There wasn't a choice," Martz, now 49, of Parkland, Fla. "If I died from it, well, at least I went out fighting."

From the beginning-

First Bari Martz's fingers turned blue. Then she started gasping for breath, and her joints stiffened so that she couldn't even open her hands. Doctors diagnosed scleroderma, part of an insidious family of diseases where the immune system attacks a patient's own body, sometimes enough to kill.

Worsening rapidly, the Florida woman took a gamble: Doctors stored stem cells from her blood and then wiped out her faulty immune system. Her reinfused stem cells seem to have let a healthy new immune system take root, stopping more damage and, nearly two years later, letting her lungs and joints heal enough for better function.

 For now, "I'm great," she says. Her lung function jumped and is still improving, she can flex her hands again, and can even climb stairs, if slowly. "I'm continuing to get better."

Bari Martz knows the power of Adult Stem Cell Therapy.  I hope stories like Bari's help spread the word- Repair (adult)  Stem Cells are helping people now.

Click here to read the whole story 

The use of Repair Stem Cells never ceases to amaze me. Out of all the possible conditions/diseases that can be helped with adult stem cells, I have to admit I didn't see this one coming- Repair (adult) Stem Cells can help pregnant women with high blood pressure!

The high blood pressure caused by pregnancy can be a cause of prenatal and maternal mortality. Hypertension is the most common medical problem encountered during pregnancy, complicating 2-3% of pregnancies. Therefore, this use of Repair Stem Cells should be saving countless lives in the year to come. Here's more:

Hypertension develops after completion of 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The disease usually starts with swelling over legs, hands and puffiness of face, gradually. As a result, the pregnant woman starts showing spikes in the reading of her blood pressure, all this creates problems. Hence the disease is termed as 'Syndrome of theories', he said.

Dr Satish Patki of Patki research centre said he had developed a unique autologus bone marrow derived stem cell therapy to cure this grave disease with the help of senior scientist Dr Ramesh Bhonde, who is working at National Centre for Cell Science, a Government of India organisation.

He claimed that they had treated 15 pregnant women suffering from severe hypertension and associated complications by this novel technique. It had cured the disorder almost completely. Four patients had delivered healthy babies, he pointed out.

the stem cells from the patients' own bone marrow were isolated and injected in her uterus near placental site under sonography guidance in order to enrich the uterus with the stock of stem cells.

The patients started showing dramatic improvement in the blood pressure readings, swelling on legs and even fatal parameters like fluid volume, blood flows on Doppler studies and weight starts improving rapidly. This could probably due to increased vascularisation and improved blood flow to the placental unit," he said.

The treatment on these women has shown that this therapy can be useful in bringing down the maternal and perinatal mortality across the world caused due to pregnancy hypertension syndrome called pre-eclampsia or its more severe form called eclampsia when associated with maternal convulsions, Patki said.

Ho Hum- just another way adult stem cell therapy can help humans now!  Not mice, not hype, not just hope-  adult stem cells are helping.  Read the whole thing

This isn't a shocker.  Repair Stem Cell therapy is helping patients with critical limb ischemia brought on by peripheral vascular disease.  This trial wasn't published with a lot of fanfare or even with a press release (at least I couldn't find one).  However, someone put this completed trial online and I was very lucky to come across it- this trial deserves some attention!

This trial, done in the Czech Republic, injected Repair Stem Cells into the legs of patients with blockages that were untreatable (critical limb ischemia).  In layman's terms (because that is what I am too), this means that these patients had blockages that were not treatable (with an angioplasty or bypass) and as a result, there was little or no blood flow in the feet and/or legs.  Therefore, these patients were facing amputation of these limbs.

Here are some highlights from this stem cell therapy trial which treated 24 patients:

Results. One year after treatment, all patients were alive and only 2 patients have undergone high amputation. Eleven of 14 defects have healed (78%) and Fontaine grade of ischemia has changed from median grade 3.5 to median grade 2 (P<0.0001). Collateral vessel development has unproved by mean 1.13 and 1.3 points on a four- point semiquantitative scale in calf and foot, respectively (P<0.0001). There were no grade III-IV adverse events. According to the SF-36 quality of life questionnaire, 1 year after the procedure patients have reported significant improvement in all measured items.

Conclusion. Intra-arterial infusion of BMMC can lead to significant and long-lasting subjective and objective improvements in patients with CLI. The results merit validation by randomized controlled studies in patients with less critical limb ischemia.

Wonderful, even if you aren't a doctor and some of these terms are confusing- you can tell that essentially- the adult stem cells worked and in most cases saved patients from the amputation of their legs!

More proof that Repair (adult) Stem Cells are working now!  No need to wait for the future.  If you are interested in treatment for peripheral artery disease or peripheral vascular disease now, you can try to get in a trial or you can find stem cell treatment for peripheral artery disease information at my "sister" site.

Here are some more studies I have come across recently on peripheral artery disease trials in the United States - here and here

Or if you are a doctor or peripheral artery disease patient ( or just interested in this trial information), click nofollow" href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1562369/autologous_intraarterial_infusion_of_bone_marrow_mononuclear_cells_in_patients" title="Stem Cell Therapy Critical Limb Ischemia" target="_blank">here for the full results/details of the trial.

 

All of you know I don't like to hype up "mouse" studies, but again, I think this one has real potential.

Please read about this incredibly important finding which will have a direct effect on millions of stroke victims.

Here is the title of the article as it appears in Scientific American -

Can Stem Cells Block Stroke Damage? Yes, but in a Surprising Way

Notice that the phrase "adult stem cells" is still embargoed from use in a positive science article in the so called "Developed countries of the Western World," so the embryonic fanatics will say "See, I told you embryonic stem cells would pay off!" (They "know" that all stem cells come from embryos).

As my little protest, I will paraphrase the article and add (Adult) every time the phrase "stem cells" are used because that is precisely what the article is talking about doing these amazing things:

Injecting (ADULT) stem cells into the brains of mice that recently suffered a stroke can reduce nerve cell (neuron) damage by up to 60 percent, according to new research.

But the (ADULT) stem cells do not simply replace damaged tissue as previously believed. Instead, the immature (ADULT) stem cells trigger adult brain cells to switch gears and block a stroke-induced immune response that causes nerve damage.

Prockop and his team induced strokes in six mice by blocking their carotid arteries, which supply blood to the brain. When blood is cut off cells panic, triggering the immune system, which goes into overdrive, attacking and destroying healthy tissue.

One day after causing the strokes, the researchers injected human mesenchymal stromal cells (ADULT STEM CELLS!)  into the animals' brains. (Prockop says the group used human stem cells because mouse cells are a lot harder to isolate and grow in the labthough similar results have been seen when animal cells were used.)

"The fascinating thing was the (ADULT) stem cells were talking to each otherthe human cells and the mouse cells," he says. "The human cells turned down some of those inflammatory and immune responses."

Specifically, he says, the (ADULT) stem cells prompted the brain's immune cells (called microglia) to calm down and call off their assault on healthy nerve tissue. This resulted in 60 percent less damage to neurons in the brains of treated animals compared with those who did not receive stem cell infusions. In addition, the treated mice performed better than their untreated peers on a battery of movement, cognitive and behavioral tests.

"This is the first time really that the mechanisms were laid out," Prockop says.




The implanted stem cells that produced these explosive new scientific findings are ADULT STEM CELLS  (ASC), but the kept-ignorant public will read this as an embryonic victory everywhere but on this blog.




Oh, by the way, not that the USA news community is paying attention, but ASC are working on 100+ diseases on six continents (not yet in Antarctica). Meanwhile, every day of every week of every year, hundreds of patients die while waiting for the myth of embryonic cures to miraculously appear, while their medical scientists ignore what has been proven to work thousands of times, in order to concentrate on what has been thoroughly proven cannot work and never will.




Click here to read the whole article

Yesterday, I focused on how stem cells from another person's bone marrow can save lives.  However, today, I want to tell you that bone marrow stem cells aren't the only game in town anymore.  Now, more and more people are donating their babies' cord blood after birth.

More cord blood banks are being created.  More people are giving. This is great.   It gives people like Lita Jempson, a chance to live. Before, a stem cell transplant from another donor  was a leukemia patient's only option.  However, if a matching bone marrow donor is not found, unfortunately, the patient would pass away.

Such was the case with Lita Jempson, of Kent, England.  Lita, suffering from leukemia needed a bone marrow stem cell donor.    Doctors looked for a matching bone marrow donor, but none could be found.  The only option was more chemotherapy.  Well, as I said before, there is now another option-  cord blood stem cells:

What makes this particular blood so valuable is that it contains large amounts of stem cells, which the body uses to make blood cells.

Removing the blood is painless; it is collected immediately after birth by a doctor or midwife and takes only a few minutes.

About five teaspoons are taken from the cut cord and placenta, using a needle connected to a sterile bag. But lack of storage facilities has meant this life-saver often ends up in hospital incinerators.

This is what Lita was offered and given- cord blood stem cells.  And the stem cell treatment seems to have worked:

Then five months ago, Lita was offered a cutting-edge treatment using a special type of blood - taken from a newborn's umbilical cord.

'So far it seems to have worked,' she says. 'I'm clear of cancer, back home and, while not fully recovered, I'm feeling a lot better.'

That is the power of Repair Stem Cells aka Adult Stem Cells.

This greater effectiveness has been boosted by the discovery that it's possible to give patients blood from two cords, as happened in Lita Jempson's case.

'Previously, we used only one because of concerns that blood from different immune systems could cause a deadly immune reaction,' says Professor Mufti.

In fact, stem cells from only one of the donations starts producing new blood cells - the blood from the other cord seems to help this process, but it's not clear how.

The greater tolerance of stem cells means they may be used to treat a range of other conditions. Already animal studies show they can dramatically reduce the problem with rejection that affects all transplant operations.

'Besides stem cells, cord blood contains chemicals and proteins that can damp down immune reactions to the new organ, so patients won't have to take immune- suppressing drugs for life,' says Dr Sergio Querol, director of the new cord blood bank.

'The idea is to give an extract of these substances to patients before they receive a transplant.'

Auto-immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes are also likely to benefit from cord blood stem cells' calming effect on the immune system.

If you are having a baby soon, please think about saving the baby's cord blood stem cells.  You could save someone's life.  Similarly, you can register your own blood at www.marrow.org and save someone's life another way.

Read the whole thing here

No, this story is not about males dancing, although the entertainment industry is involved.   In the year 2000, James Chippendale was suffering from Leukemia.  He needed a bone marrow stem cell transplant to save his life.

More than 75 possible matches were rejected.  However, James got lucky.  James had given up hope when he received a call from the International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry-  they had found a match!

The resulting stem cell treatment saved his life.  2 years later, James went to Germany to meet the man who had saved his life-  Klaus Kaiser.  James says-

"Our lives couldn't be more different, but Klaus and his family are now a part of my family," says Mr. Chippendale, who has taken night classes in German and bought his donor a computer with translation software. "I get an e-mail from him or his children almost every day."

James is the president of CSI Entertainment Insurance, a company that takes on clients with special needs in the entertainment industry.  Gwen Stefani and Lance Armstrong are amongst his clients.  More importantly,  James has co-founded a charity with another cancer survivor, Mike Peters, the lead singer of  the rock band, The Alarm.

Together,  their organization- Love Hope Strength Foundation has raised more than $1 million for cancer patients around the world.  In October, they are planning a huge extravaganza at Machu Picchu.  Here's more on that-

In October, Mr. Chippendale will participate in the foundation's Peru Rocks event at the ancient archaeological site of Machu Picchu. More than 100 cancer survivors, musicians and supporters will join the climb and live concert. Among the organizers' goals is to set a world record for bone-marrow registrations at a music event. A signed consent form and a simple swab inside the cheek are all that is required.

Adds Mr. Chippendale: "We want everyone out there to know that donating is not a barbaric procedure. There's no more drilling into hips, and you don't have to spend two days in the hospital.

"This is truly the easiest way to save someone's life through a donation process." ---  As I keep telling you readers every week, get on the donor list, - go to their website www.lovehopestrength.org or go to www.marrow.org and register so you may have the chance to save someone's life.  It is easy, and you may find a life long friend like James Chippendale and Klaus Kaiser- DM

Click here to see the whole story.

In late July, I posted on Chloe Levine, a cerebral palsy patient who had been infused with her own umbilical cord blood stem cells in an experimental treatment at Duke University.   This will come as no surprise to regular readers of this blog-  the Repair (aka Adult) Stem Cell therapy worked.  This is a good sign for parents of cerebral palsy children who are seeking adult stem cell treatment overseas like Thomas Bourke, whom I covered last week.

This is a very happy story filled with good information on cord blood stem cells.   There is nothing controversial about these stem cells taken from an umbilical cord (not an embryo).  Chloe was helped by her own Repair Stem Cells.   Chloe's mother put it best at the end of the article with this quote:

"Chloe was put here to teach the medical community and families about their options," she said. "The worst thing that could happen was that nothing would happen. And the complete opposite happened."

Read more about this miracle:

Stem cells: Small wonders

With a nearly paralyzed right side, Chloe Levine was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 1. A year later, she can say her nickname and is walking normally and jumping on beds.

By Michael Booth
The Denver Post

With one simple word from the back seat of a car cruising between North Carolina and New York, 2-year-old Chloe Levine signaled a great leap forward.

"Coco," the Colorado toddler said, uttering her nickname for the first time.

Those two syllables marked a milestone in stem-cell therapy, helping prove that infusing a baby with its own stem cells can repair a brain ravaged by cerebral palsy.

Before a one-time treatment at Duke University in May, Chloe had speech problems, and the right side of her body was nearly paralyzed. Now she's jumping off beds, applying doll barrettes with her right hand and learning new words every day. The Duke experiments expand again the remarkable range of bodily failures that stem cells can repair.  - Note from DM-  He should have said "that adult stem cells can repair, embryonic stem cells can't help anything."

Just two days after Chloe's stem-cell infusion, "things started happening that she could never do before, and we finally let ourselves stop thinking it was a coincidence," Levine said.

"It's exciting," said Dr. Brian Freed, director of the University of Colorado Cord Blood Bank at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. When the treatment works, the Duke study has been gratifying to parents, Freed said, because "this one is a bit more dramatic" than other stem-cell treatments. "You can see the benefits."

Once there, scientists still aren't sure how the stem cells work to fix cerebral palsy. Some think the cells may be able to rebuild brain tissue itself. Others think there is more evidence that the stem cells repair blood vessels and flow damaged by a stroke, bringing crucial blood that in turn repairs brain tissue. Either way, doctors told the Levines, expect fast results if the new therapy was meant to help Chloe. They drove from Duke to Jenny Levine's family in New York, and that's when Chloe dropped her little "Coco" bomb.

The Levines immediately noticed Chloe's clenched right hand relaxing, and instead of dragging her right leg, she began walking normally.

Chloe can now raise both arms over her head and is eating and picking things up with both hands. Her therapy is down to once a month to check foot tendons for continued mobility.

"I still see new improvement every day," Levine said. She believes most of the effects of the cerebral palsy are gone and that any remaining tightness in Chloe's body will disappear with time and therapy.

"I've never seen anything turn around this fast," said Dottie Waldo, Chloe's physical therapist in northern Arizona, where the family lived before the stem-cell procedure.

Waldo saw Chloe a month ago and was shocked at the recovery of movement in her hands and arms. "I'm a believer," Waldo said. "I think it was the right thing to do, and I hope it helps a lot of kids in the future." -  I hope so too Ms. Waldo.

"The worst thing that could happen was that nothing would happen. And the complete opposite happened."-  I like that statement.  Chloe Levine had nothing to lose from implanting adult stem cells and everything to gain. And it paid off!  - DM

Click here to read more on this cerebral palsy miracle

In July, I posted a story about Granton Bayless, the "bubble" baby suffering from severe combined immunodeficiency in Kansas City, who had just received a cord blood transplant that initially improved him that he was able to leave the ICU at the hospital.

Now, a couple months later, I am very happy to find out that the Repair (Adult) Stem Cells had helped Granton so much, that he is now out of the hospital!  It seems Granton isn't out of the woods yet, he and his family will remain in a sanitized apartment at the Ronald McDonald house for a couple of months to allow his immune cells to mature more, but it looks very promising.

Cord blood stem cells or a bone marrow transplant are believed to be the only cure for severe combined immunodeficiency.

Read on-

Despite the dreary gray weather, Thursday turned into one of the brightest days so far in the life of tiny Granton Bayless.

Eleven-month-old Granton rolled out Children's Mercy Hospital's front door in a bright blue wagon wearing the cowboy boots his parents bought months ago in hopes that this day would happen.

The Bolivar, Mo., infant was born with a rare condition severe combined immunodeficiency that prevents his body from producing enough T cells to fight off disease.

The condition often is referred to as the “bubble boy disease because its victims are so vulnerable to infectious diseases that some must live in protective bubbles. Experts estimate that it occurs once in every 500,000 births. The cure is either a bone-marrow or a cord-blood transplant.

What made Granton's recovery remarkable was how gravely ill he was when he underwent a cord-blood transplant June 10. At the time, the baby was on a ventilator fighting multiple infections.

As you may have suspected, his mother and father were thrilled:

“It's feels wonderful, Jenni Bayless said. “It feels awesome.

Click here to read this fantastic story

And you can read the Bayless family's blog about their son

I first posted on how adult stem cell therapy had helped Matthew Faiella's autism back in June.  Now, about 3 months later, I wanted to check back in and see how Matthew, age 7 or 8,  and his loving parents were doing.

I really like their blog not only because it promotes the benefits of Repair (adult) Stem Cells, but because the blog conveys how much love the parents (Ruth and Daniel) have for their son.  Even though I am in my mid 70s, I can still find a soft spot in my heart for a loving family such as the Faiella family.

A short summary- the Faiella family have been to Costa Rica twice for adult stem cell therapy for their autistic son Matthew.  And they credit the adult stem cells (along with hyperbaric oxygen and cranial electrical stimulation) for helping improve Matthew's autism.

Here is the latest update on Matthew:
Since doing the first treatment with Adult Stem Cells, Matthew has been more interested in reading. Since the second treatment, he is much more proficient.

Before Adult Stem Cells....Matthew had immense trouble understanding, had a love/fear relationship with the water; due to his inability to swim.

After Adult Stem Cells....Matthew is beginning to understand, his receptive language improves daily. He taught himself how to swim just days after returning from Costa Rica and now doesn't fear swimming in the deep end of the pool.

Go take a look at their blog here, you will be happy you did!