A recent case study in the International Archives of Medicine reports success in a case study that combines cellular therapies for spinal cord injury treatment. The patient, a 29-year-old male with an L1 crush fracture of the vertebral body, received stem cell therapy of umbilical cord matrix and allogeneic umbilical cord blood at 5 months, 8 months, and 14 months …
New spinal implant microchip may help exercise paralyzed limbs
U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council breakthrough may help people with spinal cord injuries The United Press International reports that British scientists have created a fingernail-sized microchip implant that will help exercised paralyzed muscles. This is the first such device that is small enough to be implanted in the vertebral canal. It incorporates muscle simulators and electrodes in one …
SCINETUSA Clinical Trials
What is SCINETUSA? SCINETUSA is a clinical trial network of cutting edge spinal cord injury centers in the United States. SCINETUSA supports and conducts clinical trials of the newest promising therapies for chronic spinal cord injury in the United States. What are the newest trials being tested? The initial trials that the network are proposing to test are: US102: A …
Could IPS Cells Reinvigorate Stem Cell Research?
The a relatively new technique called induced pluripotent stem cells (IPS cells) could be the breakthrough needed to reinvigorate stem cell research and give hope to the millions of Americans suffering debilitating diseases. Perhaps its biggest saving grace is that it holds the potential to sidestep the moral and ethical concerns raised by other research techniques. There are currently three …
Can You Spare a Few Billion Dollars?
Obviously, a spinal cord injury is a devastating blow. Aside from the physical and emotional trauma, the individual costs to a patient can reach $1.35 million over their lifetime. What is less obvious is that we are all hurt by the injury. How? Consider the costs. There are currently 1.3 million individuals in the United States living with a spinal …
Is it ethical to pay a woman to donate her eggs for research purposes?
That’s exactly what the state of New York decided to allow. As first reported in the New York Times July 11th, the Empire State Stem Cell Board has decided to allow compensation of up to $10,000 be paid to women who donate their eggs to embryonic stem cell research. A lack of human eggs has slowed stem cell research that …
