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Katie Piper getting sight back after stem cell surgery following acid attack

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Katie Piper (Pic: Wire)

Model and television presenter Katie Piper – partially blinded in an acid attack arranged by a spurned ex-boyfriend – has had her sight restored with stem cell surgery.

Katie, 29, suffered third degree burns and had to have her face reconstructed after the attack in 2008, when her spurned ex-boyfriend, Daniel Lynch, 35, arranged for Stefan Sylvestre, 22, to throw acid in her face.

The incident left her scarred for life and damaged her left eye.

But her sight has now been restored thanks to doctors at the Queen Victoria hospital in East Grinstead, West Sussex, who used eye tissue from the cornea of an anonymous male donor.

The cells then grew and three were later were stitched into her damaged eye.

Katie said: “It has been an amazing feeling.

“It wasn’t like I took the bandage off and my sight came back like that, it happened gradually.

“But after three weeks I started to see results. I’d seen a lot of progress with my scars, but my sight was the one injury I’d say to myself was permanent and least expected to change.

“I do feel like I’m winning.”

The full story of her regaining her sight will be revealed in a Channel 4 documentary tomorrow night.

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Acid attack survivor Katie Piper has eye-sight restored after stem-cell surgery

By Stem Cell Doctors

By Tara Brady

Last updated at 6:06 PM on 5th February 2012

A former model and television presenter who was left partially blind in one eye after an acid attack has had her sight restored following stem-cell surgery.

Katie Piper, 29, suffered third degree burns and had to have her face reconstructed after the attack in 2008, when her spurned ex-boyfriend, Daniel Lynch, 35, arranged for Stefan Sylvestre, 22, to throw acid in her face.

The incident left her scarred for life and damaged her left eye.

Winning again: Katie Piper is enjoying having her sight back following acid attack in 2008

Katie has had hundreds of plastic surgery operations, including skin grafts to remould the skin around her eyes.

She also had to wear a mask for 23 hours a day to stretch her scar tissue. 

But her sight has now been restored thanks to doctors at the Queen Victoria hospital in East Grinstead, West Sussex, who used eye tissue from the cornea of an anonymous male donor.

 

The cells then grew and three weeks later were stitched into Piper's damaged eye.

Her eye was then covered with amniotic membrane - womb lining donated by women who have had caesarean births which acted as a bandage.

Speaking to the Sunday Times, Katie said: 'It has been an amazing feeling.

'It wasn't like I took the bandage off and my sight came back like that, it happened gradually.

Inspiration: Ex-model and TV presenter Katie Piper who had acid thrown into her face

'But after three weeks I started to see results. I'd seen a lot of progress with my scars, but my sight was the one injury I'd say to myself was permanent and least expected to change. I do feel like I'm winning.'

Sheraz Daya, the surgeon who led the team, has successfully treated more than 60 patients with the procedure.

He said: 'Our goal is to make sure the cornea heals. The best part of it is that it begins to clear and sight is restored.' 

Katie: The Science of Seeing Again will be shown on Channel 4 at 9pm on Tuesday.

 

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Acid attack survivor Katie Piper has eye-sight restored after stem-cell surgery

Katie Piper: Acid attack survivor has eye-sight restored after stem-cell surgery

By Stem Cell Doctors

By Tara Brady

Last updated at 6:06 PM on 5th February 2012

A former model and television presenter who was left partially blind in one eye after an acid attack has had her sight restored following stem-cell surgery.

Katie Piper, 29, suffered third degree burns and had to have her face reconstructed after the attack in 2008, when her spurned ex-boyfriend, Daniel Lynch, 35, arranged for Stefan Sylvestre, 22, to throw acid in her face.

The incident left her scarred for life and damaged her left eye.

Winning again: Katie Piper is enjoying having her sight back following acid attack in 2008

Katie has had hundreds of plastic surgery operations, including skin grafts to remould the skin around her eyes.

She also had to wear a mask for 23 hours a day to stretch her scar tissue. 

But her sight has now been restored thanks to doctors at the Queen Victoria hospital in East Grinstead, West Sussex, who used eye tissue from the cornea of an anonymous male donor.

 

The cells then grew and three weeks later were stitched into Piper's damaged eye.

Her eye was then covered with amniotic membrane - womb lining donated by women who have had caesarean births which acted as a bandage.

Speaking to the Sunday Times, Katie said: 'It has been an amazing feeling.

'It wasn't like I took the bandage off and my sight came back like that, it happened gradually.

Inspiration: Ex-model and TV presenter Katie Piper who had acid thrown into her face

'But after three weeks I started to see results. I'd seen a lot of progress with my scars, but my sight was the one injury I'd say to myself was permanent and least expected to change. I do feel like I'm winning.'

Sheraz Daya, the surgeon who led the team, has successfully treated more than 60 patients with the procedure.

He said: 'Our goal is to make sure the cornea heals. The best part of it is that it begins to clear and sight is restored.' 

Katie: The Science of Seeing Again will be shown on Channel 4 at 9pm on Tuesday.

 

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Regenexx Stem Cell Procedures on The Doctors – Video

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26-01-2012 09:31 On January 25, 2012 Regenexx Procedures and the Centeno-Schultz Clinic were featured on the hit TV show "The Doctors". The episode featured Dr. Chris Centeno and Dr. Ron Hanson in the clinic and lab, as well as Dr. Hanson in their LA studio with our patient who underwent stem cell treatment of her knee meniscus after continued problems following her traditional surgery. The video highlights the procedure and a discussion of the patient and MRI results.

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Cancer patient receives stem cell-made windpipe, first in U.S.

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The artificial windpipe implanted in Andemariam Teklesenbet Beyene, of Eritrea, in July 2011.

(Credit: University College London)

(CBS) In only the second operation of its kind, a Baltimore man has received an artificial windpipe made from stem cells to replace one destroyed by cancer.

PICTURES - First lab-grown windpipe saves cancer patient

Christopher Lyles, 30, had tracheal cancer that had progressed so far it was considered inoperable, the New York Times reported. In November, doctors made him a new windpipe - or trachea - made out of tiny plastic fibers seeded with stem cells from his own bone marrow.

Two months after his successful operation, Lyles arrived home in Md. last week.

Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, a professor of regenerative surgery at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, performed the surgery. He's also the doctor who performed the first surgery of this kind on a 31-year-old Eritrean man last July. Both surgeries were done in Stockholm.

"What we did is surgically remove his malignant tumor," Dr. Macchiarini told the Times. "Then we replaced the trachea with this tissue-engineered scaffold." The scaffold was placed in a container called a bioreactor and soaked in a solution that allows the cells to be fully absorbed. Once the windpipe was implanted, the cells continued to grow. "We're using the human body as a bioreactor to promote regeneration," Macchiarini said.

Is the operation fail-safe? "Time will tell what the longevity of these devices is, how long they last," Dr. Harald C. Ott, an instructor in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, told the Boston Globe. Ott is unsure how the artificial material will integrate into the recipients' bodies, with both the biology of the body and the outside air that passes through the windpipe.

Researchers have used stem cell-seeding techniques to create other organs, including bladders and a urethra created at Wake Forest University.

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Ask the Doctors – Dental Stem Cell Banking – Video

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11-01-2012 15:51 If you missed the opportunity to bank your child's cord blood, banking your child's baby or wisdom teeth is an option worth considering! StemSave offers recovery, transport and cryopreservation of the valuable stem cells found in teeth.An easy adjunct to the extraction of any healthy tooth, (examples include: wisdom teeth, baby teeth, tooth extractions related to orthodontia) StemSaving is easy and is available through your Dentist. For more information on banking teeth stem cells for your family's future health, visit http://www.stemsave.com or call 877-783-6728 (877-StemSave) today.

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SECRETS TO PERFECT SKIN for Valentine’s Day I Naturesknockout – Video

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BioLife Cell Bank – Overview of Provider/Doctor Application – Video

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02-01-2012 10:11 Robyn Stringfellow, senior sales consultant with BioLife Cell Bank, reviews contents of the sales kit for doctors including the physician application to become a BioLife provider. BioLife Cell Bank in Dallas is the first in the world to preserve fat and stem cells for future use in cosmetic and regenerative medical treatments

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