Posted on 04/23/2006 7:08:13 PM PDT by Coleus
Erica Nader, who was paralyzed in a 2001 auto accident, is taking her first steps all over again. Jason Feasel, whose spinal cord was crushed in a motorcycle accident, is able to walk 300 feet using a specialized walker. Cortney Hoffman, a quadriplegic, the result of a 2002 rollover accident, is able to stand-up in the parallel bars. What do all three spinal cord injury patients have in common? They all underwent an experimental stem cell surgery in Portugal performed by Dr. Carlos Lima.
Dr. Lima, a neuropathologist at Hospital de Egas Moniz in Portugal, will visit the Detroit Medical Center’s Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan on Wednesday, November 30 from 10:00 am-4:00 pm. During his visit, Dr. Lima will assess the progress being made by those patients having undergone the experimental procedure. Nader, Feasel and Hoffman are among a dozen patients currently recovering from the experimental surgery at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan’s Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery (www.centerforscirecovery.org).
The olfactory mucosa tissue (OMT) transplant surgical procedure, developed by Dr Lima, has been performed on over 70 spinal cord injury patients worldwide, including more than 30 American patients. The procedure involves olfactory mucosal tissue, extracted from the patient's own nose and surgically implanted into the spinal cord at the site of injury. The olfactory mucosal tissue contains stem cells, nerve cells and olfactory ensheathing glia (OEG).
A number of patients that have undergone the procedure report improvements that include one or more of the following: some degree of muscle movement and/or sensation below the level of injury, better trunk stability, and enhanced bladder and/or bowel control. Following surgery, patients are encouraged to participate in an aggressive physical therapy program for at least two years, to maximize the benefits of the surgery.
Dr. Lima is collaborating with physicians at the Detroit Medical Center’s Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and Wayne State University School of Medicine to further develop, advance, and implement this promising surgical procedure.
Sounds promising.
Unfortunately, this will not likely gain a foothold here. It's not cures or regeneration that the stem cell people want, they want justification for infanticide, and cells from one's own body will fail to provide that.
It's amazing - wonderful!
Most of the amazing stem cell cures involve adult stem cells. If we could only make this a medical issue instead of a political one, we might see more miraculous cures.
But both sides are determined to keep this a political issue. Such a shame.
I'm going to find out who the doctors are treating the lady I know. Will let all know. It may be the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, but don't quote me.
I can just imagine what you thought about doctors before reading this.
I've heard of stories like this, but I don't know of any specific cases. Please do post whatever you find out.
I am convinced that adult stem cell research is proving much more promising than any embryonic research has.
I just wish that people who talk about "stem cell research" would distinguish between adult cells and embryonic ones. We need the former, for sure.
I'll call tomorrow and be back to you as soon as I find out.
You have freepmail.
I agree. Protecting innocent life should be our first priority.
You're very right. Every time a report of successful use of adult stems cells (most often from the patient himself) comes out, they scoff at it. All this despite the fact that stem cells gotten through infanticide have so far produced zero results in humans.
Am still awaiting a return call. Maybe tomorrow.
I will never look at another booger in quite the same way.
Any and all successful stem cell research has been done with adult stem cells. We in America are very far behind in research because of the death squad agenda that keeps insisting that we use baby stem cells.
Ms. Casey's Daughter
Be aware that not all types of cancer are treatable with stem cells - not yet, anyway. In her case, the first day blood was drawn through a machine (much like dialysis, I think) until they had 11 million stem cells, then frozen. Second day radiation, 3rd day the stem cells were re-injected - partially frozen. Doctors immediately saw them growing.
Her hair is beginning to grow back, a fuzz. She returns for her 100-day checkup on her immunity, etc. on May 16th, and feels that the treatment is working. She is isolated at home until then. Bathroom, kitchen, anything her husband shares/touches, must be cleaned with Clorox after every use.
Her voice is strong and she's very upbeat - believes the Lord is at work in her life, guiding her doctors, and He is hearing the prayers of friends and family.
She's going to make it.
See my post #18. I was very excited to learn that the City of Hope is involved in Alice's case. In 1957, when my mother-in-law was suffering with a malignant tumor, City of Hope refused to take her because her cancer was so far advanced.
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