stem cell treatments for animals and humans...very promising results

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http://www.vet-stem.com/equine/ http://www.vet-stem.com/smallanimal/ Friend told me about this having remarkable results in animals with severe joint & tendon problems. So far not available for humans, but thought it might be worth keeping an eye on. (Barb, do you know anything about this?) Plus here's a site that's offering stem cell therapy for humans. I'm sure it's expensive but might be also worth keeping an eye on. http://www.cellmedicine.com/ (home) http://www.cellmedicine.com/news.asp (news on stem cell therapies) I know one of the main CFS/autoimmune docs up in L.A. who's sick himself has

basically turned all of his attention to stem cell therapies. Last I heard he was flying to Europe to get the materials needed. Don't know where he's at with it now. But the more I hear, the more I'm thinking this may hold some promise for us. Seems to be a rapidly advancing field. penny

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I'm a touch skeptical glancing at it; I'm really uninformed, though.

I don't think it's that complicated, I just don't happen to know much

about it. But I thought there was this hierarchy - development starts

with pluripotent ( " many potentials " ) or totipotent ( " all potentials " )

stem cells that can give rise to any cell. The bone marrow cells are

always referred to as hematopoietic ( " blood-making " ) cells, which I

thought meant they were partially committed and could only give rise

to blood cells (red cells and all the different white cells). So I'm

like, what are they doing with these marrow cells... and are the fat

cells any different? Are the marrow cells able to do anything other

than make blood?

" The types of adult stem cells that we use are stem cells derived from

the patient's own blood and bone marrow, and from the patient's own fat. "

> http://www.vet-stem.com/equine/

>

> http://www.vet-stem.com/smallanimal/

>

> Friend told me about this having remarkable results in animals

with severe joint & tendon problems. So far not available for humans,

but thought it might be worth keeping an eye on. (Barb, do you know

anything about this?)

>

> Plus here's a site that's offering stem cell therapy for humans.

I'm sure it's expensive but might be also worth keeping an eye on.

>

> http://www.cellmedicine.com/ (home)

> http://www.cellmedicine.com/news.asp (news on stem cell therapies)

>

> I know one of the main CFS/autoimmune docs up in L.A. who's sick

himself has basically turned all of his attention to stem cell

therapies. Last I heard he was flying to Europe to get the materials

needed. Don't know where he's at with it now. But the more I hear, the

more I'm thinking this may hold some promise for us. Seems to be a

rapidly advancing field.

>

> penny

>

[Guest guest]

Huh. Well they say this in /news233.asp so maybe I'm quite mistaken:

" Bone marrow is of great interest to those working to develop new

treatments for many diseases, including those affecting the nervous

system since the marrow is known to contain stem cells capable of

replacing cells in many types of tissues and organs. "

> I'm a touch skeptical glancing at it; I'm really uninformed, though.

> I don't think it's that complicated, I just don't happen to know much

> about it. But I thought there was this hierarchy - development starts

> with pluripotent ( " many potentials " ) or totipotent ( " all potentials " )

> stem cells that can give rise to any cell. The bone marrow cells are

> always referred to as hematopoietic ( " blood-making " ) cells, which I

> thought meant they were partially committed and could only give rise

> to blood cells (red cells and all the different white cells). So I'm

> like, what are they doing with these marrow cells... and are the fat

> cells any different? Are the marrow cells able to do anything other

> than make blood?

>

> " The types of adult stem cells that we use are stem cells derived from

> the patient's own blood and bone marrow, and from the patient's own

fat. "

>

>

>

> > http://www.vet-stem.com/equine/

> >

> > http://www.vet-stem.com/smallanimal/

> >

> > Friend told me about this having remarkable results in animals

> with severe joint & tendon problems. So far not available for humans,

> but thought it might be worth keeping an eye on. (Barb, do you know

> anything about this?)

> >

> > Plus here's a site that's offering stem cell therapy for humans.

> I'm sure it's expensive but might be also worth keeping an eye on.

> >

> > http://www.cellmedicine.com/ (home)

> > http://www.cellmedicine.com/news.asp (news on stem cell therapies)

> >

> > I know one of the main CFS/autoimmune docs up in L.A. who's sick

> himself has basically turned all of his attention to stem cell

> therapies. Last I heard he was flying to Europe to get the materials

> needed. Don't know where he's at with it now. But the more I hear, the

> more I'm thinking this may hold some promise for us. Seems to be a

> rapidly advancing field.

> >

> > penny

> >

>