Re: Stem Cells Put Woman's Rheumatoid Arthritis Into Remission

[Guest guest]

The full study is here, :

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.20451/full

Not an MD

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Hartsoe <rhartsoe@...> wrote:

>

>  Stem Cells Put Woman's Rheumatoid Arthritis Into Remission

>

> By Carol Eustice

> <http://arthritis.about.com/bio/Carol-Eustice-361.htm>, About.com Guide

> September 4, 2004

>

>

> The journal abstract

> <http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/109581978/ABSTRACT>

> is technical, but the news remarkable. Researchers from Northwestern

> University in Chicago report in the August 2004 issue of /Arthritis &

> Rheumatism/ that a 52 year old woman with rheumatoid arthritis

> <http://arthritis.about.com/od/rheumatoidarthritis/> in 38 joints has

> successfully been treated with stem cells from a sibling.

>

> *The results:* the woman's morning stiffness disappeared before she was

> released from the hospital; 9 months following transplantation of stem

> cells the woman's rheumatoid nodules

> <http://arthritis.about.com/od/nodules/> disappeared; one year after the

> transplant the woman is said to be free of disease and not taking drugs

> to suppress her immune system. Prior to transplantation the woman was

> given several drugs to prevent graft-versus-host disease

> <http://adam.about.net/encyclopedia/001309.htm> (rejection of the

> transplanted cells) or serious infection. There was no evidence of

> either complication. Read more about Stem Cell Research

> <http://arthritis.about.com/od/stemcell/>.

>

>

> Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the above study?  I just had

> stem cell in the Dominican Republic for Diabetes but I am noticing a big

> reduction in the inflamation in my joints and especially my shoulders.

> I went off the anti-inflamatory medicine this morning and I'm going to

> see what happens.

>

> H.

[Guest guest]

Interesting study but we are now 7yrs. post study-any idea how she is now?

linda

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From: <Rheumatoid.Arthritis.Support@...>

Sent: Tue, March 29, 2011 9:22:19 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Stem Cells Put Woman's Rheumatoid Arthritis Into

Remission

The full study is here, :

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.20451/full

Not an MD

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Hartsoe <rhartsoe@...> wrote:

>

> Stem Cells Put Woman's Rheumatoid Arthritis Into Remission

>

> By Carol Eustice

> <http://arthritis.about.com/bio/Carol-Eustice-361.htm>, About.com Guide

> September 4, 2004

>

>

> The journal abstract

> <http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/109581978/ABSTRACT>

> is technical, but the news remarkable. Researchers from Northwestern

> University in Chicago report in the August 2004 issue of /Arthritis &

> Rheumatism/ that a 52 year old woman with rheumatoid arthritis

> <http://arthritis.about.com/od/rheumatoidarthritis/> in 38 joints has

> successfully been treated with stem cells from a sibling.

>

> *The results:* the woman's morning stiffness disappeared before she was

> released from the hospital; 9 months following transplantation of stem

> cells the woman's rheumatoid nodules

> <http://arthritis.about.com/od/nodules/> disappeared; one year after the

> transplant the woman is said to be free of disease and not taking drugs

> to suppress her immune system. Prior to transplantation the woman was

> given several drugs to prevent graft-versus-host disease

> <http://adam.about.net/encyclopedia/001309.htm> (rejection of the

> transplanted cells) or serious infection. There was no evidence of

> either complication. Read more about Stem Cell Research

> <http://arthritis.about.com/od/stemcell/>.

>

>

> Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the above study? I just had

> stem cell in the Dominican Republic for Diabetes but I am noticing a big

> reduction in the inflamation in my joints and especially my shoulders.

> I went off the anti-inflamatory medicine this morning and I'm going to

> see what happens.

>

> H.

[Guest guest]

Good question which I can't answer, .

I did find a recent review of allogeneic stem cell transplantation for

rheumatic autoimmune diseases which includes survival data on 35

subjects. I'll post it separately.

Not an MD

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Boyd <lindagb52@...> wrote:

> Interesting study but we are now 7yrs. post study-any idea how she is now?

> linda