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Adult stem cells help paralysed 18 year old to walk
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Posted on 04/23/2006 9:22:58 PM PDT by neverdem
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Adult stem cells help paralysed 18 year old to walk
A paralysed 18 year old, Jacki Rabon, who was injured in a car accident in August 2003, is now able to walk with braces six months after being treated with her own nasal adult stem cells. The operation took place at Hospital Egaz Moniz in Lisbon in October 2005 and involved taking olfactory tissue from the upper nasal cavity and transplanting the cells into the patient.
The Portuguese neurologist and adult stem cell pioneer, Dr Carlos Lima, who treated her and whose surgery has benefited over 45 paralysed patients, since it was developed in 2002, said that the long-term benefits and possible delayed side effects of the procedure need to be documented, but even the smallest amount of restored function can have profound benefits for paralysed patients.
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.
WDC News 20th April 2006
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: adultstemcells; health; hospitalegazmoniz; jackirabon; lisbon; nasalcells; olfactorytissue; olfactorytransplant; omt; paralysis; portugal; science; spinalcord; stemcells
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To: neverdem
Jacki Rabon
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posted on
04/24/2006 12:11:23 AM PDT
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rawhide
To: neverdem
Jacki Rabon, 18, is walking with braces on a parallel bar six months after undergoing adult stem cell surgery to repair a spinal cord injury that left her paralyzed. Her story is a testament to the healing potential of adult stem cell research.
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04/24/2006 12:13:41 AM PDT
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rawhide
To: neverdem
GRRRREAT NEWS! Thanks for the ping. Hooray Dr. Carlos Lima!
Wayne State University, my alma mater...(not the school of medicine though) :(
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posted on
04/24/2006 4:22:01 AM PDT
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PGalt
To: I'm ALL Right!
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posted on
04/24/2006 8:14:40 AM PDT
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neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: neverdem
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posted on
04/24/2006 12:28:57 PM PDT
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I'm ALL Right!
(Soul Patrol! Whoooo!)
To: swmobuffalo
They will cover it --I used to help make an anti-oncologic called Avastin, and I think that runs $8,000 per month.
Ain't no way this is going to be more than that.
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04/24/2006 4:57:49 PM PDT
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gaijin
To: neverdem
No wonder I crave chocolate. LOL
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posted on
04/25/2006 10:01:02 AM PDT
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JudyB1938
(Jesus is the One)
To: Berosus; Cincinatus' Wife; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Do not dub me shapka broham; ...
Wow!
treated with her own nasal adult stem cells
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04/27/2006 9:08:57 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
fabulous news!
thanks for the pingiething
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