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Teen battling rare disease

By Stem Cell Treatment

A YOUNG FOOTBALLER continues to seek help in his fight against a rare blood disease.

Joshua Sobers-Henry and his immediate family are asking for financial assistance as the teenaged goalkeeper looks to head to the United States later this week for stem cell treatment in his battle with aplastic anaemia.

News of Sobers-Henrys rare condition broke on the Barbados Soccer Academys Facebook page as his family and club members continue to appeal to the public for blood donations and monetary assistance.

He has an appointment for Monday in Washington at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, where he starts stem-cell treatment for six months so we need as much help as we can get, explained Sobers-Henrys mother Carolann in an interview with MIDWEEKSPORT yesterday.

And even then it all depends on how the body reacts to the treatment because if it doesnt [respond positively] then we have to look at doing a bone marrow transplant.

Aplastic Anaemia is an extremely rare blood disorder in which the bodys bone marrow doesnt make enough new blood cells and if left untreated, has a high risk of death.

At present, Sobers-Henry receives blood transfusions at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, but his blood type AB positive is not as common as others and isnt always available.

But those transfusions are just temporary as he needs to start stem cell treatment as soon as possible if he is to successfully overcome the disease.

The situation unfolded last November when Sobers-Henry inexplicably started to get regular headaches after playing for both Coleridge and Parry and the St Lucy constituency side.

At first it was thought to be just the flu, but later tests showed positive for the rare blood disorder after his eyes, tongue and finger tips all turned white one day.

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2013: Stem cell research’s new partnership of science and …

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The year just ended saw some major developments in medicine, not the least of which involved the consolidation of trends in the controversial area of stem cell research. And the big news isthat this research is rapidly evolving, in ways quite different from what experts predicted just a decade ago.

Insofar as the general public is aware of stem cells, it is most likely to be of embryonic stem cells. For more than a decade these stem cells obtained by destroying living, human embryos have been heralded for their supposedly miraculous potential to cure any number of diseases and conditions. Celebrities such as Michael J. Fox, Kevin Kline, Mary Tyler Moore, and the late Christopher Reeve all went to Capitol Hill to promote federal funding of such ethically contentious research because, they claimed, it was the research most likely to help millions suffering from disease and disabilities. One prominent senator heralded these cells as a veritable fountain of youth.

But in the time since President George W. Bush first authorized limited federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research (hESCR) in 2001, and especially since President Obama lifted the Bush restrictions in 2009, something very different from these predictions and promises has occurred. Programs established for the express purpose of funding hESCR are more and more directing resources to pursuing adult stem cells and other alternatives, such as induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) research.

A look at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) itself is instructive. Established by voter referendum in 2004, CIRM had an initial mission of giving priority funding to hESCR and Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT), i.e., human cloning for research. CIRMs budget for funding stem cell research was $3 billion over 10 years.

In its first year of funding, 2007, CIRM was true to this mission. In two rounds of grants that year, CIRM funded just over 100 research projects; three involved SCNT and all of the rest went to research involving hESCs.

In 2009, CIRM revised its strategic plan to give funding priority to projects deemed most likely to actually lead to clinical trials and not just to those that involve hESCs. The resulting grants showed a startling turn. In one round of grants, hESCR projects received a total of $35 million in funding, but CIRM now seemed also to embrace the alternatives, as non-hESCR projects received almost as much $33 million.

A subsequent round of grants that year showed an even more dramatic turn away from hESCR. Of 14 grants awarded, only four went to hESCR, totaling $71.5 million. The remaining 10 grants all went to projects involving adult stem cells, iPSCs or other non-embryonic avenues of research and totaled just over $158 million.

Even the media, which so heavily favored hESCR in their reporting and editorials, took note. For 3 1/2 years, the agency focused on the basic groundwork needed to someday use human embryonic stem cells to replace body parts damaged by injury or disease. Such cures are still far in the future, The Los Angeles Times reported. Now the institute has a more immediate goal: boosting therapies that are much further along in development and more often rely on less glamorous adult stem cells.

In something of an irony, little of it is going to the reason the institute exists to work with human embryonic stem cells, the Knight Science Journalism Tracker commented.

And the New York Times characterized this round of grants as a tacit acknowledgment that the promise of human embryonic stem cells is still far in the future.

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Dr. Burton Feinerman Shares Experiences from Celebrity Care to Modern Medicine

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TAMPA, Fla. (PRWEB) January 22, 2014

Societys continual, obsessive search for perpetual youth has lead many on a tumultuous path of medical mayhem from shots to creams and a variety of procedures in between.

A leader in modern medicine, Dr. Burton Feinerman has always been at the forefront of new and life changing procedures in the healthcare community. Feinerman's experience includes his time as a key research associate at the Papanicolau Cancer Research Institute in Miami.

His career took a glamorous turn when he became a concierge physician to the stars at his office in Maui, Hawaii. He has treated a variety of high-profile clientele including celebrities Eddie Murphy, Larry David, Pink, Brittney Spears, Nick Nolte, Christian Slater, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Oprah, who once thanked him with an autographed magazine for the shot in the tush.

Staying true to his mission to find relief for those afflicted with incurable diseases, Feinerman soon focused his efforts on the innovative and unfamiliar world of cell regeneration and gene therapy. As one of the original physician scientists to create stem cell protocols for incurable diseases, Feinerman now runs his clinic in Tampa, Fla. where he treats patients with conditions such as Alzheimers, ALS, Autism, brain damage, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Parkinsonism, Heart Disease, COPD, diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Tay Sachs, Sandhoff Disease, Stargardt Disease, Huntington Disease, Scleroderma, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Crohns Disease, cancer of all types, Macular Degeneration and Retinitis Pigmentosa.

The emerging developments in stem cell therapy, gene therapy, nanotechnology and tissue engineering offer new hope to millions of patients, said Feinerman.

Stem Cells and Sex Wars By: Dr. Burton Feinerman ISBN: 978-1481774789 Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Authorhouse online bookstores.

About the authors A graduate of New York Medical College, Dr. Burton Feinerman also received extensive postgraduate training from Long Island College Hospital and the Mayo Clinic. He served as chief medicine for the U.S. Army, as part of the 98th General Hospital in Germany as well as chairman of medicine at Miami General Hospital, Opa-Locka Hospital, N. Miami General Hospital and chairman of cancer technologies Kids Medical Centers of America. Active in many industry organizations, Feinerman is a member of the Society of Apheresis, the Society of Bone Marrow Blood Transplantation, the International Society for Cellular Therapy, the Society for Cranial Transplantation and Brain Repair, and the Society for Cardiac Translational Therapy. With over 55 years of experience in medical practice, he is currently the president and CEO of Stem Cell Regen Med.

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Ore. doctor suspended for stem cell treatments | The Columbian

By Stem Cell Doctors

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PORTLAND The Oregon Medical Board has issued a rare emergency suspension of a Eugene, Ore., physician's license after the doctor conducted experimental stem cell treatments on patients. The board considers Dr. Kenneth Welker's medical practice an immediate danger to the public.

Welker can appeal the suspension, issued Thursday. He did not return calls from The Associated Press on Friday, nor did the clinic at which he's employed, Oregon Optimal Health.

According to his online biography, Welker is a trained surgeon who quit his practice to pursue alternative medicine in 2007.

In May 2013, the board's suspension order says, Welker injected processed stem cells into the spine of a 62-year-old woman, and was confused when she began to sweat and feel tingling in her extremities.

Stem cells, unlike other cells in the body, have two distinct characteristics. They can renew themselves through cell division, and they are not specialized in the way that muscle cells or brain cells are. Under certain conditions, they can be induced to transform into organ- or tissue-specific cells.

In 1998, researchers discovered how to derive stem cells from human embryos, and in 2006, they determined how to induce some specialized adult cells to take on the genetic characteristics of stem cells. These are called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPSC.

iPSC have long been used to treat cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma -- it's what doctors are using when they do bone marrow transplants. The cells are being studied for everything from heart disease to diabetes, but it's too soon to know if these approaches are safe or effective.

Advocates of alternative medicine have heaped praise on the possibility of using iPSC to treat a variety of maladies. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, for instance, had stem cells taken from fat in his own body, grown in a lab and then injected into his back and his bloodstream during a 2011 operation to fuse part of his spine.

But scientists have questioned the safety and wisdom of Perry's treatment, especially because it was not part of a clinical trial in which unproven therapies are tested in a way that helps protect patients and advances medical knowledge.

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More Local News

By Stem Cell Doctors

(WFLA) When Judy Loar, 68, could not bear to walk any longer due to excruciating pain in both of her knees from degenerative joint disease, she did what most people in her condition do, she went in for a surgical knee replacement.

After being released, Loar found out her knee cap had been set incorrectly.

Going through surgery again to fix her other knee was not an option, so Loar started researching other alternatives to ease the agony of bone-on-bone friction caused by her condition.

"I really did my research, because I knew I could go through another major surgery," said Loar who became a patient of Dr. Dennis Lox.

Dr. Lox is the founder and medical director of Tampa-based Florida Spine and Sports Medicine Center, and one of the world's leading doctors specializing in using stem cell therapy as an alternative to successfully treat debilitating injuries or conditions.

Loar describes the procedure as painless, with no down time.

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Stem Cell Therapy | Advanced Orthopedics | Regenerative Medicine

By Stem Cell Medicine

It's been nothing but 100% improvement.It just continues to get better.Ive been avoiding doing stairways and I have to be real careful climbing in and out of equipment. I find myself being a lot more relaxed, not having the problems, not having the pain. I don't have the swelling in my knees that I used to have and it hasnt been waking me up at night. View my video testimonial here My name is Susan and Im 62 year old I just finished having my second PRP treatment and Im very, very happy with the results I can do all kinds of things I wasn't able to do beforeI believe my knee will continue to get better as the cartilage grows. Thank you! View my video testimonial here

Many thanks to the Stem MD team for giving me the use of my hands back, pain free! Professional, courteous and compassionate, describes this team of caring people. To anyone considering this procedure, I say you will be amazed and thankful at the results.

Lenita Brewer Ansonia, Ohio

Thank you for giving my life and health back. The PRP treatment worked wonders and helped alleviate the pain. I highly recommend the anti-inflammatory diet, Dr. Purita suggested. My body noticed the difference and I lost 35 pounds. I can finally be active again!

Jennica Califf Coconut Creek, Florida

I thought there was no hope for my chronic back pain. I am so thankful I found out about Dr. Purita and stem cells. I have had back pain for over 5 years, debilitating me to do everyday things. Today my pain has gone down 50%. I tell all my friends and family and wish everyone knew about this wonderful treatment. Thank you so much Dr. Purita

It has been 3 months since my mothers procedure to her knees. Now, my mom climbs into the van without any help, before we had to pull her up and assist her. She does not take painkillers anymore, even her recurring bladder infection and Diabetes is well controlled. All my friends and colleagues are super amazed every time I show them a video of my mom dancing. Thank you so much what you have done for my mom it is truly wonderful and I am forever indebted to you.

Malou Aragon-De Veyra Philippines

I came to Dr. Purita on the advice of a friend when I expressed trepidations about cortisone shots or the possibility no matter how remote of a joint replacement. I was a wrestler in high school and college, and this had done no good for my kneed as I aged. I had no expectations, only hope that somehow my knees could be made less fragile by the stem cell therapy my friend described. I had gotten to the point where any down stairs journey or stepping down off a van or public bus was excruciating, to the point that I usually made an exclamation that wasn't fit for public utterance every time I stepped off a bus or a van. My expectations were neutral at best. I had no idea as to how this stem cell therapy would impact my general health whatsoever. I can say without hesitation that the results have been beyond what I could have hoped. My knees are now cooperative to the point that sometimes I take the stairs down just because I can. I have resumed walking the stairs up and down at work, and I can say that I really don't think about anything I want to do where my kneed are involved. I am not quite where I was when I was 20, but 35 is a real thought, my flexibility and agility are restored to a level I could not have imagined. As an additional part of the procedure Dr. Purita also injected stem cell into my left hand, which has been diagnosed with some arthritis. The results are less instantaneously spectacular, but the had continues to improve. I no longer sit in my office while my hand burns with joint pain, my movement and most of my strength are improving daily, and I have a feeling that within a month or so I will have the same level of improvement I have experiences with my knees. Many thanks to the friend who recommended the trip to Dr. Purita's office, and to Dr. Purita and his staff who have put thoughts of joint replacement and the mad merry-go-round of cortisone shots far in the past for me.

Mark Burns Hypoluxo, Florida

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The Practicing Parent: Pros & cons of stem cell banking

By Stem Cell Medicine

Umbilical cord stem cell banking can be expensive and controversial, but Jamie and Ben Page decided to bank their daughter, Harlow's stem cells just in case.

"We had heard about cord blood banking and talked about it a lot and thought let's just go for it and have it just as a backup," Jamie Page said.

They did need it. Harlow had cancer in her uterus.

"On the ultrasound they immediately saw that there was a mass in her abdomen about the size of a grapefruit," Page said.

After a year of chemo, the tumor was gone. Doctors wanted to keep it that way.

"So, when the doctors found out we actually had her own stem cells, they were very excited," Page said.

Oncologist Elaine Morgan says those stem cells helped Harlow.

"I think that her umbilical cord cells were used as a boost to her own cells when we harvested her to have adequate cells for reconstitution," Dr. Morgan said.

Dr. Morgan does not advocate private cord stem cell banking at birth to be saved for a healthy baby's later use, because it's not clinically useful and it's expensive.

The Pages paid almost $2,000 for the initial banking fee, plus an extra $125 per year.

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Wu Stem Cells Medical Center – A Leading Medical Center …

By Stem Cell Medical Center

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Wu Stem Cells Medical Center (WSCMC) was named after Dr. Like Wu, the co-Founder, Chief Neurologist and Managing Director of the center. Using the unique stem cell technologies innovated by Dr. Wu, since 2005, he and his medical team have successfully treated over 2,000 patients from all over the world suffering from various neurological diseases, disorders, and injuries including Parkinson's disease, post-stroke, Batten's disease, ALS, MS, MSA, PSP, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, etc. This has laid a solid foundation for the application of stem cell technologies to treat these previously untreatable neurological diseases.

To make a world of difference in the lives of patients and their families by integrating new medical technologies, care, education and research to provide the highest quality care and service to our diverse community.

WSCMC will be one of the best stem cells medical centers in the world, known for advancing research and providing definitive diagnosis and treatment for our diverse community of patients with complex neurological diseases.

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Lady’s own stem cells heal knee

By Stem Cell Medical Center

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CLEARWATER, FL (WFLA/NBC) - When Judy Loar, 68, could not bear to walk any longer due to excruciating pain in both of her knees from degenerative joint disease, she did what most people in her condition do, she went in for a surgical knee replacement.

After being released, Loar found out her knee cap had been set incorrectly.

Going through surgery again to fix her other knee was not an option, so Loar started researching other alternatives to ease the agony of bone-on-bone friction caused by her condition.

"I really did my research, because I knew I could go through another major surgery," said Loar, who became a patient of Dr. Dennis Lox.

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Stem Cell Therapy || Patient Treatment Disclaimer || Stem …

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1) The Stem Cell Institute is not conducting free clinical trials at this time. 2) Health insurance will not cover the treatment fees. 3) The Stem Cell Institute does not provide itemized bills.

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