Source: NGNN
It would have been a normal question for a 12-year-old boy riding in the car with his dad. He was at that precarious age near the end of boyhood when rites of passage loom, and Braden Hart knew that he was only three years from being old enough to get a learner’s permit to drive. And so he asked his dad if he’d be able to drive one day.
Braden’s dad, Brad Hart, could not lie to his son–the son that he loved endlessly, the son who had been diagnosed with optic nerve hypoplasia as an infant, the son who’d been told that while his sight wouldn’t get any worse, it would never be good enough for driving.
And so Brad Hart swallowed the pain lingering with the question, kept his foot on the pedal, and told his son that no, he wouldn’t be able to drive.
But Brad was wrong. (more…)
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Manchester, England, July 31st, 2009 – In what will be the Stem Cell Awareness Association’s seventh awareness rally, past patients, interested physicians, and prospective patients will meet in Manchester to learn about stem cell technologies and discuss the various current treatments available throughout the world.
Stem cell advocate Darren Clarke is organizing the Manchester event. Mr. Clarke became involved in stem cell advocacy early in his daughter, Dakota’s, life. At three years old, Dakota became the first child from Britain and Ireland to be treated for septo-optic dysplasia (SOD) in China. She was born blind but began to regain her vision just weeks into her stem cell treatment. Her parents have been passionate stem cell advocates ever since. (more…)
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Source: Long Island Press
Every weekend, 8-year-old Brianna Bermudez of Bay Shore sits behind a 
bright yellow table with a bucket of lemonade and a red vase on the corner of West Leila and Manhattan Avenues in South Tampa with her grandmother. Her roadside profits, nearing $4,000, would have sent most kids into early retirement from the lemonade business a long time ago. But Brianna has a much bigger goal in mind. At 50 cents per cup, she’s raising money for her 1-year-old brother, Bryce, born legally blind, to undergo a $50,000 procedure in China that could possibly, within weeks, let him see his sister’s face for the first time.
Regenerative medicine is making progress, and the possibility of growing human organs, repairing spinal injuries, reversing birth defects, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, autism, diabetes, and literally mending broken hearts, is moving rapidly from the realm of miracles and into the world of science. And with federal funding for stem cell research now restored, never has the potential been so great or the hopes so high for the millions of people who, in some way or another, have been told, “I’m sorry, there is nothing we can do.” (more…)
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The Colorado Stem Cell Awareness Association Rally was a great success. On June 13th, more than 100 people gathered at Platt Park in Denver, CO. Shel Morse, stem cell advocate and mother of Macie Morse, organized the day’s events. Local support for the event came from the owners of Stella’s Coffee House Stan and Bernice Geels, whose daughter is slated to go to China for stem cell treatment. Carol Peterson, whose grandson was the first non-Chinese to be treated for ONH, was also present to speak and meet with fellow stem cell advocates. (more…)
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Source: About.com
How Stem Cell Therapy Changed One Patient’s Life
By Deborah Leader, RN, About.com
Meet Barbara Hanson – COPD patient and pioneer in the grassroots effort to legalize all types of stem cell therapy for the treatment of COPD in the United Stages. Several years ago, out of sheer desperation, she left the country to undergo stem cell therapy for COPD. This is her story.
Note: The comments and suggestions in this interview do not reflect the opinions of About.com’s Medical Review Board whose members do not recommend stem cell therapy. The interviewee’s comments are not meant to be taken as medical advice and should not replace the recommendations of your doctor.
When were you first diagnosed with COPD?
I got the official diagnosis of COPD in 2006, but was misdiagnosed for several years. I was told I had severe allergies, then asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis and finally COPD. At the time of my diagnosis, I was in pretty bad shape. My first symptoms appeared at least 10 years earlier, yet I remained undiagnosed.
At the time of diagnosis, what, and how bad were, your symptoms?
My biggest problem was that I was constantly getting sick with one respiratory ailment or another. I had pneumonia at least three times and spent a great deal of my life on the couch. I live in Colorado, which also means I fight the high altitude. After a plane trip left me very ill with pneumonia, I ended up with an enlarged heart and very little will to do anything. I felt like giving up. I was previously a very active person and being relegated to a sedentary lifestyle was very depressing. In 2006, I had to start using supplemental oxygen 24/7 which, to me, was a life altering event. I had to give up many things that I had previously enjoyed. (more…)
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15 Jun, 2009 | Author: Lucy | Comments Off
Some Coloradans Find Hope in Stem Cell Treatment
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Stan Glees owns Stella’s Coffee House on South Pearl Street, but today his claim to fame had to do with his granddaughter and the fact that she was born blind. He has heard the government talk about stem cell therapy for treating blindness but because it’s hitting so close to home, he set up a forum that brought together some of the top experts on the subject in the nation. Also at the Platte Valley Rec Center were folks who are looking at stem cell treatment to help them with a variety of medical dilemmas. (more…)
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