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To: 8mmMauser
Adult Stem Cells Effective in Treating MS in Human Trials

Whilst a woman in the UK with MS seeks the right to have her husband take her to Switzerland for assisted suicide to the cheers of euthanasia advocates and the media, other MS patients have been effectively treated with their own bone marrow stem cells. From the press release:

All patients appeared to respond to treatment”, reported Dr. Ionova. Improvement was seen in 62.3%, and stabilisation occurred in 37.7% of patients. Progression after improvement occurred in 7.1% and progression after stabilisation in 11.8% of patients.

There were no deaths during the course of the study.

Out of 26 patients included in the quality-of-life analysis, 24 exhibited a response and preserved a good quality of life during the follow-up. No unexpected treatment-related adverse events were observed.

According to Dr. Ionova, immunosuppressive therapy plus autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation appears to be a safe and effective therapy for multiple sclerosis, Dr. Ionova concluded.

This confirms other studies. But it isn’t an easy therapy. First the immune system is destroyed, requiring hospitalization and isolation. Then the stem cells are used to rebuild the immune system, improving the MS, or as in other studies, preventing it from worsening.


2 posted on 06/29/2008 6:36:57 PM PDT by Coleus (Abortion and Physician-assisted Murder (aka-Euthanasia), Don't Democrats just kill ya?)
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To: Coleus
Pinged from Terri Dailies

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4 posted on 06/30/2008 4:18:01 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: Coleus

Treament for many with MS may be FAR simpler and closer to home.

http://www.canlyme.com/dr_harvey.html

The “Lyme Controversy” is about to bust wide open. It will be a bigger Health care scandal than AIDS. The suffering and loss of life dwarfs AIDS and much of it has been UNECCESSARY!

Google: Blumenthal CT Lyme antitrust May 2008

Google: UNDER MY SKIN the movie.

If you or someone you love is affected, and you finally realize what has happened, you will want to start trials for CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.


5 posted on 06/30/2008 12:32:31 PM PDT by armourup (Your Doctor is 100% wrong about Lyme Disease.)
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