McCain has voted consistently against women's health, and he supports overturning the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Roe v. Wade. These positions will make it difficult for him to win over moderate pro-choice voters in the general election.....
Anti-Choice McCain in His Own Words (From Planned Parenthood)
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NICE, France: In patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), immunosuppressive therapy followed by autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation elicited high response rates and improved quality of life for up to 6 years. The results of the study were presented here at the 18th Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS) by Tatiana Ionova, MD, PhD, Department of Haematology, Pirogov National Medical Surgical Center, Moscow, Russia.
During the last decade, high-dose immunosuppressive therapy followed by autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation has been used with increasing frequency as a therapeutic option for patients with MS. "The aim of the study was to assess the clinical and patient-reported outcomes in patients who underwent early, conventional, and late transplantation," explained Dr. Ionova in a poster session on June 10. Fifty-six patients with all types of MS (primary progressive, secondary progressive, progressive relapsing, relapsing remitting) were included. Their mean age was 32.0 years (range 17-51). Median Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score at baseline was 6.0, the mean follow-up duration 18 months (range 6-84 months)......
Human Patients Treated for MS With Adult Stem Cells
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