STROKE TREATMENT

STROKE CLINICAL TRIALS

• “The stem cells had excellent safety profile. After carrying out Pet scans and MRIs thrice in a year on patients who received stem cells, we found no side effects. This study shows that stem cells are a safe and feasible therapy in acute stroke. http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/stem-cell-research-shows-adult-stem-cells-help-stroke-victims-adult-stem-cell-research/

• The University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston July 1, 2009       Several months after becoming the first patient in the United States to undergo a revolutionary new stroke treatment, Roland “Bud” Henrich continues to improve. Doctors intravenously injected Henrich, 61, with stem cells taken from his own bone marrow…”The stem cells, we believe, may help repair the damage to his brain caused by the stroke,” said Sean Savitz, M.D., assistant professor of neurology at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and the study’s lead investigator. “Animal studies have shown that when you administer stem cells after stroke, the cells enhance the healing. We know that stem cells have some kind of guidance system and migrate to the area of injury. They’re not making new brain cells but they may be enhancing the repair processes and reducing inflammatory damage.” http://www.texmedctr.tmc.edu/root/en/TMCServices/News/2009/07-01/Stem+Cells+Tested+for+Treatment+of+Stroke.htm

Other STROKE articles:

1. http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/autologous-neural-stem-cells-benefit-parkinson%e2%80%99s-patients-adultstemcell-com/
2. http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/stem-cell-treatment-for-stroke-and-traumatic-brain-injury-wholewellness-net/
3. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-stem-cells-block-stroke-damage
4. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831160216.htm
5. http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/stem-cells-from-menstrual-blood-may-benefit-stroke-patients/