About MAA

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The words “Adult Stem Cellare no longer ‘dirty’ words. Adult stem cell therapy, with roots tracing back to bone marrow transplants in the ’50s, is coming into its own. Available outside the USA for several years now, an ever-growing body of US residents travel to distant locations to receive these treatments.

We are a body of patients who have chosen to make this journey and receive these treatments. We have not been scammed by hucksters in foreign lands and we were not subjected to bizarre treatments. For many of us our only option given was to sit at home and suffer. Adult stem cell therapy has offered us the chance to see some improvement in our condition.

We recognize that this is no cure. But improvements in quality of life are valuable nonetheless.

If you are an adult stem cell patient and wish to join our organization please submit an email to us.

Mission Statement

We are, each one of us, Americans with conditions our US doctors have told us were untreatable, merely manageable, degenerative, unheard of, regressive, terminal or orphaned. We have witnessed the opportunity presented by adult umbilical cord and cord blood stem cell therapies outside our borders.Many of us have questioned these terms by which our doctors labelled our conditions. Many of us have received stem cell therapies beyond the acceptance of the US medical tradition. We have accepted the risks inherent in our choice. We have also accepted the possibility of seeing “regression” itself regress.We call on US researchers to actively pursue stem cell therapies while not belittling our choice to actively pursue therapies for ourselves internationally. We call on US researchers to engage us. We call on medical providers to not limit our treatment in US medical facilities because of our choice to receive stem cell therapies beyond our borders. We call on the press to include our perspective in their portrayal of stem cell technologies.Stem cell therapies, even while exploratory, are gaining ground quickly. We are ultimately, and immediately, the intended beneficiaries of these therapies. And we are being forced to travel thousands of miles to foreign lands for any hope of benefit. We believe these therapies are ethical, immediately available and present no undue risk–save the journey we are forced to make to receive them. Please join us in our cause to increase exposure of these therapies and rush research into Stateside acceptance of adult stem cell therapy today.

3 Responses to “About MAA”

  1. Alan Fernandez Says:
    July 28th, 2009 at 12:20 am

    Hello – I represent the Genetics Policy Institute (GPI) is a leading nonprofit focused on advancing stem cell sciences and the field of regenerative medicine. GPI produces the annual World Stem Cell Summit. The 2009 World Stem Cell Summit is happening September 21-23, 2009 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland. See more at http://www.worldstemcellsummit.com. I happened on the Stem Cell Awareness Association and thank you for the advocacy work you’re doing. I thought some may be interested in the educational information at the summit site. Some may wish to attend the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit. All the best, Alan

  2. ezzat Says:
    August 15th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    my spn is diagnosed as retinitis pigmentosa he cant read now his school books………………..

  3. Marina Namour Says:
    October 25th, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    Please forward me further information on your organization, together with information on resources, and studies related to stem cell research and treatment.

    Regards
    marina Namour

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