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Stem cell therapy wasn’t unfair help for baseball star – health – 08 June 2011 – New Scientist

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BARTOLO COLÓN, a pitcher for the New York Yankees, is at the centre of a Major League Baseball (MLB) investigation after he opted for stem cell therapy to treat an elbow and shoulder injury.

MLB wants to know whether such stem cell treatment qualifies as a performance-enhancing drug. If Colón’s procedure included a dose of human growth hormone – which is banned in baseball – then MLB might have a case. But a New Scientist investigation suggests that the treatment was probably restorative, and does not endow people with “superhuman” powers.

Colón’s professional baseball career began impressively. In 2005 he won the American League Cy Young award for best pitcher. However, that season he partially tore the rotator cuff in his pitching arm, a group of muscles and tendons that stabilise the shoulder. In the years following the injury, Colón’s rise faltered. He was sidelined in the final two months of the 2009 season and didn’t play at all in 2010. However, after impressive pitching in the 2010 off-season, the Yankees signed the 38-year-old in January this year on a $900,000 contract. Colón is now back in action, pitching at 150 kilometres per hour in MLB games.

What changed? It seems that Colón has grown a new tendon thanks to stem cell therapy…

Stem cell therapy wasn’t unfair help for baseball star – health – 08 June 2011 – New Scientist.

Celeb Dad We Love: Michael J. Fox Discouraged About Parkinson’s Disease But Fights On

Michael J. Fox Discouraged About Parkinson’s Disease

POSTED BY MICHELLE LAMAR ON JUNE 2ND, 2011 AT 12:38 AM

Michael J Fox is an awesome celeb dad and I admire him so much for his brave fight against Parkinson’s disease in addition to his busy family life and career.  But reports surfaced today that Fox is realizing that he will likely never see a cure for Parkinson’s disease in his lifetime.

Michael J. Fox will celebrate his 50th birthday in June but sources close to the actor say he has been devastated by a recent setback in Parkinson’s research.

New research showed certain stem cells won’t be effective in treating Parkinson’s because they will be rejected by patients’ immune systems.  A source told the National Enquirer that the actor is crushed about the research findings:

“Michael is seeing his life ebb away. Turning 50 is a wake-up call. He wonders if he’ll be able to dance at his kids’ weddings. Michael had such high hopes for this potentially miraculous stem cell therapy, but now it’s back to the drawing board.”

 

Why has it taking him so long to figure out that only adult stem cells, not embryonic, are the key to Parkinson’s patients recovery.

Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells Transplant into Parkinson’s Disease Patients – Safe + Improve
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/autologous-bone-marrow-stem-cells-transplant-into-parkinson%e2%80%99s-disease-patients-safe-improve/

 

 

60% PARKINSON’S PATIENTS IMPROVE AFTER REPAIR STEM CELL TREATMENT – PHYSICIANS CONFIRM RESULTS!
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/60-parkinsons-patients-improve-after-repair-stem-cell-treatment-physicians-confirm-results/

 

Do Stem Cells Repair Damaged Brain Cells
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/mesenchymal-stem-cells-may-repair-damaged-brain-cells-%c2%ab-adult-stem-cell-awareness/

 

* OPRAH, MICHAEL J FOX, DR OZ – STEM CELL DEBATE IS DEAD! –http://tinyurl.com/DEBATEisDEAD