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Not MS-specific, but looks like an important step in figuring out how to fix severly damaged spinal cords...



Jell-O Fix for Spinal Cords

By Elizabeth Svoboda - Mar 29, 2006 - Stem cells embedded in futuristic materials may heal decades-old spinal cord injuries and rescue patients from paralysis, if recent experiments in rodents can be replicated in humans.

Stem cells have cured many rats of spinal cord injuries, but the treatment has yet to benefit ...

Canadian researchers use stem cells to help spinal-cord injured rats walk

TORONTO (CP) - Canadian researchers have used stem cells to repair spinal cord damage in laboratory rats, restoring significant mobility in the animals and bringing the search for a human therapy another step closer.

A team led by Toronto neuroscientist Dr. Michael Fehlings extracted stem cells from adult mice, which were transplanted into rats whose spines had been crushed. The stem cells developed into ...

Dear All,

It is becoming obvious that there is a great need and demand for another of our very successful SCT live chat sessions, therefore I would like to propose next Sunday 2nd April at 6.30pm UK Summer time. If you are abroad I am not sure what time that will be for you as not sure when individual countries change their clocks. To give you some idea I am posting this at 3.55pm uk ...

Hi all,

You may recall that we held our first open Stem Cell therapy chat session on 5th March. The transcript of this event is now avalable for download as a .pdf file if anyone would like to read all the information provided by people who have already undergone the treatment, and also there was plenty of feedback with regards the various companies etc.

If you would like a copy just PM or email me. ...

There seems to be a lot of questions and articles regarding some of these "miracle" companies. Click on "Jan Wilks" in the article below for more information about her story.


· Scepticism over treatment for neurological disorder
· Centre took over US firm's activities

Sarah Boseley
Monday March 20, 2006
The Guardian

The anonymous first-floor waiting room overlooking Rotterdam's shopping streets looks an unlikely outpost for miracle cures. It could belong to a building society. ...

Adult stem cell research advances 16 March 2006

A laboratory rat unable to use its right front paw because of a spinal cord injury struggles to walk across a rope, loses its footing and falls.
Then a rat that had the same injury scurries across the rope without a problem, just weeks after an injection containing adult stem cells from a human nose that were transformed into nerve cells.

The rats are part of a ...

Not really sure what this treatment is and it sounds expensive (but worth it if it worked)

http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?j487654163&w=464753

Human trials using nose cells to replace damaged nerves are to begin in the UK this year. This trial is from the US and involves rats.

Ian

http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?j482802041&w=464753

Hi All
I am putting together a "chat" session in the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre Chat Room for those who have had SCT and those going to have it so that people attempting to have it can chat to those who have already been through "the mill" so to speak. So that the new people can avoid any pitfalls those experienced may have encountered.

I am trying to contact as many (SCTers) as possible to ...

This at least looks like proper research in relation to stem cells and a different disease

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, ... 53,00.html