stem cells

My dear friends. I remember I got a lot of feedback when we talked about stem cells. so I was really really hoping that i can get some feedback on another issue. There iwas a clinical trial of valproic acid done for ALS by "Leonard H Van den Berg, MD, PhD, Study Chair, UMC Utrecht" Does...

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone here has any first hand experience of Stem Cell therapy - or knows someone who underwent the treatment? What the effects were and generally if there was any form of improvement or halting of the illness? Your advice would be much appreciated. Thanks, xxx :-D

I understand there are a lot of scams out there - which is sad. I have a dear frind who was Dx one year ago and it seems as though he is deteriorating quite quickly. Recently, He went to Europe for a vacation - I thought he would maybe be looking for stem cell support outside the US but then...

Hello all, I also belong to the ALS Advocacy Community - I received an interesting email this morning - "Mutated nerve cells may play role in Lou Gehrig's disease, researchers say" - Click on the below MSNBC health news link below for the rest of this interesting story. Take care all - Lee...

In keeping with the article that Saska provided yesterday, here's another. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=518278 From the article: Cheers!

bone marrow cell transplant Has anyone ever tried bone marrow cell transplant? My father has been diagnosed with ALS two years ago and has done one transplant in China. I was not aware that this was also practiced in a lab in the United States and has been proven beneficial. However, I could...

For anyone who has not seen the August 7, 2006 article in Time magazine Titled, "The Truth About Stem Cells, The Hope, The Hype, And What It Means To You". I have included the link to their article. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1220538-2,00.html It is 7 pages long and very...

My brother in law of 20 years was diagnosed approximately a year ago with ALS. I have heard that there is a clinic in the Dominican Republic that takes stem cells from your nostrils, allows them to grow in a petri dish and then replaces them into your body. Does anyone out there know anything...

NEUROSCIENTIST DR MICHAEL FEHLINGS AND STEMCELLS KREMBIL NEUROSCIENCE CENTRE AT TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL. I found a article about rsearch this scientist is doing at this hospital for als using stem cells couldn`t get the article to post on here so you will have to look this up manually. but it...

Hi - saw an interesting article in the Vancouver Sun, Monday, March 13 - Study finds stems cells strengthen cardiac muscle damaged by heart attack. Atlanta - Stem cells extracted from bone marrow strengthened cardiac muscle damaged by a heart attack, researchers reported today. A study of 17...