UK trial for osteoarthritis - Stem Cell Pioneers View Discussion: www.stemcellpioneers.com
Stem cell therapy test on patients
(UKPA)
A stem cell therapy for osteoarthritis is to be tested on patients for the first time in the UK.
The year-long trial could be the first step towards radical new treatments that avoid the need for joint replacement surgery.
Osteoarthritis affects an estimated eight million people in the UK, a million of whom seek help from their doctor.
The condition is caused by progressive wear-and-tear damage to the surface of the joints, leading to sti... read more
2010-12-06
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Barbara:
This is a very interesting item; they wouldn't have embarked on this trial without being pretty confident that results have a good chance of being very good.
One of the curious aspects of these attempts is the lack of use of Human Growth Hormone (a.k.a. Somatotropin) along with the stem cells...I know of a doctor in Miami who has been having an 80% or more success rate in rege...
2010-07-12
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Barbara:
This is a very interesting item; they wouldn't have embarked on this trial without being pretty confident that results have a good chance of being very good.
One of the curious aspects of these attempts is the lack of use of Huma...
This same tactic is and has been used for some time now by the UHMS to control the therapeutic use of Hyperbaric Oxygen. As Dr. Paul Harch says below in a quote from his article on the Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society and the FDA regardi...
You have a famous Yankee pitcher injured and treated with stem cells, and then he pitches better than before, and it is all psychosomatic, caused by a placebo affect or worse, substance abuse according to USA Today and research scientists. ...
You have a famous Yankee pitcher injured and treated with stem cells, and then he pitches better than before, and it is all psychosomatic, caused by a placebo affect or worse, substance abuse according to USA Today and research scientists. ...
Dr. Young:
Many thanks for posting your comments; they've clarified things quite a bit...I've had to delay my shoulder arthroplasty 'till sometime next year, primarily because I could not make reliable arrangements to be taken care of AFTE...
Thanks.
Just hope the vocal match the music ones cordwise
My Dad died at age 81 last July from Alzheimer's and I don't think the drugs he was given made one bit of difference. I still don't understand why so much time and money needs to be spent to get a drug to makrket for people who are pretty ...
What is the differance of these reading.
Source: Terry Collins
Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy,McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health
Article Date: 11 Jan 2010
Chinese researchers have become the world's fifth most prolific contributors to peer-reviewed scient...
This is a report of a teen with MS who was treated with his own adult stem cells. The parents are so happy with the results of the stem cell treatment. The young man can now look forward to a healthier life.http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-n...