stem cells

Hi, My uncle was diagnosed with ALS three months before. After that the disease is spreading very quickly. We tried several doctors but none of them gave any positive response. But very recently I googled Wu Stem Cells Medical Center in China and contacted them. They gave a positive response...

Well, I made a post about FALS some months back. The thread was closed otherwise I would have posted on it. I haven't been back to this site since then. The crawling in my arm is still there and now I feel my left hand becoming weak. It was time to tell my family about the news. Things are...

Cutting-edge clinical trial offers hope to those with ALS

Good Day everybody, I'm new to this forum, and this is the first post I made about my Dad who was diagnosed with ALS february 27 2010. He has been fighting with this terrible monster for a while now and stands at a point where can't move legs, hands, its beginning to affect lungs, and speak has...

Just found this article...more threads of hope to grasp at :smile: ♥ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19012065

Has anyone here heard of Tristem? They claim to use a new process of 'retrodifferentiation' to convert a patients own blood cells into stem cells, which can then treat several diseases, including ALS. I'm should I be sceptical or hopeful?

Northeast ALS Consortium (NEALS) Don't miss this ALS Association / NEALS Webinar on March 13th 4pm Eastern Standard Time. Presenters will be Jonathan Glass, MD (Emory ALS Center) and Clive Svendsen, PhD (Cedars Sinai Medical Center) Stem Cell Rationale Webinar archive.constantcontact.com...

Northeast ALS Consortium (NEALS) The second patient to receive stem cells in the cervical (upper back) region of the spine has been dosed. Fourteenth Patient Dosed in Neuralstem ALS Stem Cell Trial

Another article about the research and hard work that Neuralstem, Emory and U of Mich are doing and the trial I am in and the benefits and blessings I have received. While this is obviously not a cure and there is a lot of hard work and research that must be done to understand how I have been...