Lung Institute Reveals New Stem Cell Therapy Case Study

Tampa, FL (PRWEB) July 10, 2014

The Lung Institute works to help people who have received a diagnosis of debilitating lung disease get their quality of life back. The latest case study demonstrates how stem cell therapy can be used effectively to treat interstitial lung disease. After his recent stem cell treatment at the Lung Institute, Al Corter can now complete his daily tasks on his horse farm much faster, and finally attend the Silver Spur Riding Club Open Horse Show the weekend of July 12th in Fonda, NY.

Twelve years ago, Al was exposed to toxic fumes in the workplace and subsequently diagnosed with interstitial lung disease and bronchiectasis, a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD). Living in upstate New York and running his horse farm, Als serious pulmonary conditions had a major effect on his life. Shortness of breath, coughing, reliance on supplemental oxygen and fatigue were taking a toll. Al needed a new solution.

Al decided to travel to Florida to undergo stem cell treatment at the Lung Institute facility in Tampa. He was seeking an alternative treatment to help with his symptoms. Stem cell therapy is a minimally invasive process that involves extracting stem cells, and then reintroducing them to cue the bodys natural healing processes. The stem cells are taken from the patients own body, so there is no controversy or risk of rejection.

Stem cell therapy is a viable option for many people with lung disease, said Dr. Burton Feinerman, Medical Director of the Lung Institute. Our patients are breathing easier, walking further and depending less on supplemental oxygen.

Prior to stem cell therapy, Al was needing more and more supplemental oxygen. His quality of life had taken a sharp turn downward. Following adipose stem cell treatment, Al is feeling better. He is getting back to the routine at the farm. Al used to use 5 to 6 liters of continuous oxygen to get his outdoor farm work done. Now, he is able to do these daily chores faster, and uses only 4 to 5 liters of oxygen on a pulsing regulator.

Im getting everyday tasks done quicker, said Al. Im using about half the amount of oxygen as I was before to do the same activities. My quality of life has definitely improved.

The Lung Institute has treated hundreds of patients with lung disease from around the country and the world. Regardless of the stage of the disease, patients are able to undergo stem cell therapy, which helps damaged lung tissue, and can lessen their symptoms.

About Lung Institute At the Lung Institute, we are changing the lives of hundreds of people across the nation through the innovative technology of regenerative medicine. We are committed to providing patients a more effective way to address pulmonary conditions and improve quality of life. Our physicians, through their designated practices, have gained worldwide recognition for the successful application of revolutionary minimally invasive stem cell therapies. With over a century of combined medical experience, our doctors have established a patient experience designed with the highest concern for patient safety and quality of care. For more information, visit our website at LungInstitute.com, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or call us today at (855) 469-5864.

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Stem cell patient has NOSE grows on her back after 8 years

Unnamed woman had tissue from her nose implanted in her spine in the hope the cells would help repair nerve damage causing paralysis Treatment failed and woman complained of increasing pain in the area Eight years later, a 3cm growth made of nasal tissue and bones appeared

By Emily Payne

Published: 07:58 EST, 9 July 2014 | Updated: 12:55 EST, 9 July 2014

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Nose-like: A 3cm growth formed from nasal tissue, bone and nerve branches was discovered

A woman has developed a nose-like growth eight years after a stem cell treatment to cure her paralysis failed.

At the Hospital de Egas Moniz in Lisbon, Portugal, the unnamed woman, a U.S. citizen, had tissue from her nose implanted in her spine.

Doctors hoped the cells would develop into neural cells and help repair the nerve damage to the woman's spine.

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TESTS ADVANCE FOR CARDIOCELL MEDICINE

CardioCell, a stem cell company in San Diego, has started a Phase 2a clinical trial of its treatment for chronic heart failure.

The companys special stem cells are injected into patients with heart failure not caused by a heart attack. Nearly 2 million Americans have that kind of heart failure.

Separately, CardioCell is testing these stem cells on heart attack patients.

The cells are licensed from Stemedica, the parent company of CardioCell.

Taken from bone marrow, the stem cells produce chemicals intended to heal malfunctioning heart cells. They are grown under low-oxygen conditions, or hypoxia. CardioCell said hypoxia reflects the conditions under which natural stem cells exist.

Also in San Diego, the company Histogen is developing its own type of low-oxygen stem cells.

Growing stem cells with abundant oxygen reduces their stemness, and they become prone to differentiation turning into other types of cells, said Sergey Sikora, CardioCells president and chief executive.

More than 20 patients are being sought for the Phase 2a trial, which is taking place at Emory University in Atlanta, Northwestern University near Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Patients receive injections of the stem cells, while a control group receives a saline injection. After 90 days, the groups treatment will be reversed.

The stem cells live for about a month, Sikora said.

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NOSE grows on woman's BACK after failed stem cell treatment

A woman found a nose-like growth on her back eight years after stem cell treatment[GETTY]

The unnamed woman had tissue from her nose implanted in her spine to help cure her paralysis but the procedure failed.

Eight years later the woman complained of increasing pain in the area and doctors found a three-centimetre long growth made of nasal tissue.

It was discovered last year and was also made of bits of bone and nerve branches but it had not connected with her spinal nerves.

Surgeons at the University of Iowa Hospitals removed the growth from the US citizen, then aged 28, which they said was not cancerous.

The unnamed woman had tissue from her nose implanted in her spine [GETTY / PIC POSED BY MODEL]

Doctors discovered a nose-like growth on a woman's back eight years after stem cell treatment

However, it was secreting a "thick copious mucus-like material" which likely caused the pain on the woman's spine.

The results of the surgery were published in New Scientist today.

George Daley, a stem cell researcher at Harvard Medical School, said: "It is sobering.

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Stem cell boss joins board he funded

Alan Trounson, then president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, poses for a portrait at his offices in San Francisco, Monday, March 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The former head of California's stem cell agency, which is handing out $3 billion of voter-approved funds for research, has joined the board of a major grant recipient one week after leaving his post.

Alan Trounson, the former president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, has joined the board of StemCells Inc., the recipient of $19.4 million from the agency.

The agency has been grappling with potential conflicts of interest, some of which are built into its governance under Proposition 71, approved by voters in 2004. CIRM paid $700,000 for a report last year making recommendations on how to mitigate conflicts.

Trounson's move has reignited debate over the issue.

"The announcement raises serious and obvious concerns on a number of fronts," Chairman Jonathan Thomas wrote to his colleagues on the CIRM board. "Under state law, however, it is permissible for Dr. Trounson to accept employment with a CIRM-funded company. Nonetheless, state law does impose some restrictions on Dr. Trounsons post-CIRM employment activities.

Board members will be forbidden to discuss the company with Trounson for one year after his departure, Thomas wrote.

Randy Mills, Trounson's successor as agency president, said in a statement Wednesday that "in the interests of transparency and good governance we will be conducting a full review of all CIRM activities relating to StemCells Inc.

"We take even the appearance of conflicts of interest very seriously," Mills said in the statement.

Not only board members, but CIRM employees are being reminded of the conflict of interest rules.

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Woman Reportedly Grows A 'Nose' On Her Back

Eight years after doctors implanted stem cell tissues from her nose into her spine, an American woman experienced a nose-like growth on her back.

The woman received the treatment for paralysis at Hospital de Egas Moniz in Portugal with the hope that stem cells would help cure the nerve damage she experienced in her spine. While she did not have the symptoms initially, she started feeling the growth in her back about a year ago, according to the Daily Mail.

She started experiencing pain in her back and told doctors, who found a nose-like growth that was three centimeters long.

Doctors said that the tissue growing from her back was mostly nasal tissue, but it included small bone particles and had nerves in it, which had latched to the spinal cord.

Mucus-like fluids were also coming out of the growth, said neurosurgeon Brian Dlouhy, who removed the growth surgically.

Though the womans case is unfortunate, some researchers say that it is rare.

Most people who receive the treatment and are rehabilitated correctly saw improvement in their conditions, said Jean Peduzzi-Nelson, a Wayne State University stem cell researcher.

I am saddened to learn of this adverse event, however, the incidence of this problem is less than 1 percent, she told the New Scientist. Many patients receiving this treatment have had remarkable recovery.

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After Stem Cell Therapy – Patient Interview – Video

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Patient Interview with #39;Josh #39; after stem cell treatment with Dr Mike Belich of Integrative Medical Clinics. The benefits of stem cell therapy and Regenerative Medicine.

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New York Stem Cell | Regenerative Disk Therapy for Spine NY

Dr. Spivak is a board-certified Neurosurgeon who specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery and stem cell therapies. He has dedicated himself to helping heal your back!

Back pain is a major source of pain and suffering throughout America. Almost everyone suffers from back pain at least at least once in his or her lifetime. Back pain can cause depression and cause problems with work and family. There is no reason to prolong your suffering, as many different treatments are available to provide you with back pain relief. The most common cause of back pain is caused by injury to the lower back. Damage to the disks is called Degenerative Disk Disease. Damaged disks can herniate and pinch spinal nerves. This can cause the searing pain in the legs known as sciatica. Sometimes chiropractic treatment or physical therapy will help relieve back pain, but sometimes interventional surgical procedures must be undertaken when a person does not recover after less intensive treatment. There are many types of invasive treatments, some of which can be quite effective but none of them actually repair the damaged disk. Much progress has been made in experimental stem cell treatments that can actually heal the damage that has been done to the disk, restoring it to like new condition. This procedure is called Disk Regeneration; it produces new disk cells inside the disk itself, so that it can rebuild itself. The Disk Regeneration procedure is short and minimally invasive. Bone marrow is extracted from the patients hip bone and stem cells are separated out using a centrifuge. The stem cells are then injected into the disk using the guidance of an x-ray. The patient is then free to go home and recover.

Dr. Spivak is known for his innovative minimally invasive approach to spine repair, as well as his focus on research and developing cutting edge endoscopic techniques.

Dr. Spivak began his study of medicine at theUniversity of Winnipeg and completed his residency in Neurological Surgery at theUniversity of Saskatchewan. He has also completed several fellowships at prestigious medical schools throughout the United States, where he further refined his surgical techniques.

He has also held several faculty positions at esteemed universities, including Stanford Medical School and Columbia Medical School, and has contributed to several clinical journals, such as the Journal of Neurosurgery.

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Stem Cell Injection Therapy in New York City

In many cases of spinal or joint tissue damage, even drastic surgical procedures are not enough to repair the injury and return the body to its previous state. Stem cell injection therapy is a revolutionary technique using non-controversial Adult (non-embryonic) stem cells to regenerate damaged tissue and help the body recover naturally within weeks. Dr. Damon Noto is one of the few doctors in the New York City area performing this revolutionary procedure.

Stem cells are the cells in the body from which all specialized kinds of cells such as cartilage cells, skin cells, or bone cells are derived from. Under the right conditions, the right stem cells can develop into any kind of cell that the body needs. When a person has a significant joint or spinal injury, introducing stem cells to the injured area allows the cells to form into the exact type of cells that the body needs to regenerate damaged tissue and restore function.

Stem cell injection into the knee (New York City) is a therapy that utilizes adult stem cells, which are harvested from the patient's own body in one easy procedure. Our stem cell treatments do not use controversial embryonic stem cells derived from human fetal embryonic tissue.

Your first appointment is for an evaluation where we will determine the best way to obtain the stem cells from your body. The second office visit is for extracting the stem cells, and then doing the actual injection. Dr. Noto will inject concentrated stem cells into the joint or spinal injury either using mild sedation or local anesthesia. The total procedure time usually is under 2 hours, and you will be fully awake and able to walk out of the office when finished. You will not need to stay overnight or even visit a hospital, as the treatment is performed conveniently in our office or near by surgical center. We serve New Jersey, New York City, Long Island and the surrounding areas.

The procedure involves minimal discomfort, and recovery time is minimal. Many patients begin to notice results within six to eight weeks after only one treatment. Some patients will require two to three treatments to see full results, but New York stem cell therapy can help both athletes and non-athletes return to their pre-injury condition with a minimally invasive procedure.

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Woman grows a nose on her spine after experimental stem cell treatment goes awry

A female patient in the US has grown a nose on her back following a failed experimental stem cell treatment that was intended to cure her paralysis. The nose-like growth, which was producing a thick mucus-like material, has recently been removed as it was pressing painfully on herspine. If you ever needed an example of the potential perils of stem cell therapy, and just how little we actually know about the function of stem cells, this is it. Its also notable that this stem cell therapy was carried out in a developed country, as part of an approved trial (apparently unwanted growths are more common in developing nations with less stringent medical safeguards).

Eight years ago, olfactory stem cells were taken from the patients nose and implanted in her spine. The stem cells were meant to turn into nerve cells that would help repair the womans spine, curing her of paralysis. Instead, it seems they decided to do what they were originally meant to do and attempt to build a nose. Over a number of years, the nose-like growth eventually became big enough and nosy enough to cause pain and discomfort to the patient. As reported by New Scientist, surgeons removed a 3-centimetre-long growth, which was found to be mainly nasal tissue, as well as bits of bone and tiny nerve branches that had not connected with the spinal nerves. [DOI: 10.3171/2014.5.SPINE13992 - "Autograft-derived spinal cord mass following olfactory mucosal cell transplantation in a spinal cord injury patient"]

Your olfactory system. 1 is the olfactory bulb (the bit of your brain that processes smells); 6 is the olfactory receptors that bind to specific chemicals (odors). [Image credit: Wikipedia]

What went wrong, then? Basically, at the top of your nasal passages there is the olfactory mucosa. This region contains all of the machinery for picking up odors, and the neurons for sending all of that data off to your brains olfactory bulb for processing. Cells from this region can be easily and safely harvested, and with the correct processing they behave just like pluripotent embryonic stem cells that can develop into many other cell types. These olfactory stem cells could develop into cartilage, or mucus glands, or neurons. The researchers obviously wanted the latter, to cure the patients spinal nerve damage but seemingly they got it wrong, and thus she sprouted a second nose. Moving forward, newer olfactory stem cell treatments have an isolation stage to prevent this kind of thing from happening. [Read:The first 3D-printed human stem cells.]

Its important to note that medicine, despite being carried out primarily on humans, is still ultimately a scientific endeavor that requires a large amount of trial and error. In the western world, its very, very hard to get a stem cell therapy approved for human trials without lots of animal testing. Even then, the therapies are often only used on people who have nothing to lose. Obviously its hard to stomach news like this, and Im sure that stem cell critics will be quick to decry the Frankensteinian abomination created by these scientists. But when you think about the alternative no advanced medicine and significantly reduced lifespans for billions of people then really, such experimental treatments are nothing to sneeze at.

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