Etiqueta: stem cells ms
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Quality time: Former Ennis coach Sam Harrell is counting his blessings despite having multiple sclerosis
ENNIS, TX — Sam Harrell’s three state football championships are celebrated in his home office. He has pictures, trophies and balls, and even more memories. For 32 years, Harrell worked in a profession where success is measured by a scoreboard in front of thousands. These days, life’s little victories — unaccompanied by cheers or Gatorade…
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Great Day in Ft. Worth for Stem Cell Team
Saturday, March 31 was the annual MS Walk in Ft Worth. This year, thanks to the Stem Cell Institute and some of the area stem cell patients, several of us MS sufferers and stem cell patients met for the Walk. Here’s a picture of several of us who have been to Panama, or Costa Rica,…
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Autologous mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: an open-label phase 2a proof-of-concept study
Connick P, Kolappan M, Crawley C, Webber DJ, Patani R, Michell AW, Du MQ, Luan SL, Altmann DR, Thompson AJ, Compston A, Scott MA, Miller DH, Chandran S. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Abstract BACKGROUND: More than half of patients with multiple sclerosis have progressive disease characterised by accumulating disability. The…
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Stem Cell Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis: Progress Update from Sam Harrell
From Sam Harrell’s blog: Sam In Panama TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012 2012 Update Well, I realize there may not be many readers of my Panama blog any longer, but just in case someone does return, I wanted to post an important update. In March 2011 when I returned from my second trip to Panama (my…
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Umbilical cord stem cells may lead to new spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis treatments
Researchers in Florida have accomplished converting umbilical cord stem cells into other cell types. According to University of Central Florida bioengineer James Hickman, it’s the first time that non-embryonic cells have accomplished this feat. His research group published this work in the January 18th issue of ACS Chemical Neuroscience. Two major benefits of umbilical cord-derived…