From: Shirley Vaughan <shirley_vaughan@...>
Subject: Re: [stemcellsafety] Re: [chinastemcells] Salt Lake researchers launch groundbreaking stem cell study
To: stemcellsafety@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 5:08 AM

Hi Sis,   Found another one that went to China. He has ALS that's Lou Gerick's disease. He even has his phone number at the end of his email. He went back in November. Do you want to call him or do you want me to talk to him? Shirley Vaughan --- On Fri, 3/13/09, ursula shbib <ursulashbib@...> wrote: From: ursula shbib <ursulashbib@...> Subject: Re: [stemcellsafety] Re: [chinastemcells] Salt Lake researchers launch groundbreaking stem cell study To: stemcellsafety@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 10:00 PM hi drew i was wondering how your china trip went. if you have time please let me know.  i have ms and i feel i'm going down fast. ursula         --- On Sun, 10/12/08, drew schemera <schemera@...> wrote: From: drew schemera <schemera@...> Subject: Re: [stemcellsafety] Re: [chinastemcells] Salt Lake researchers launch groundbreaking stem cell study To: stemcellsafety@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 12:27 PM thanks-i will Make it a great day!, Drew   Drew J.Schemera III Spine Implant Territory Rep. New York Metro/Long Island/CT Cell-914.621.1291 Fax-203.329.0461 --- On Sat, 10/11/08, ursula shbib <ursulashbib@...> wrote: From: ursula shbib <ursulashbib@...> Subject: Re: [stemcellsafety] Re: [chinastemcells] Salt Lake researchers launch groundbreaking stem cell study To: stemcellsafety@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 11:27 PM dear drew i hope that you have great results.  please keep us posted!   ursula --- On Fri, 10/10/08, melissa bowen <angelsonearth2711@...> wrote: From: melissa bowen <angelsonearth2711@...> Subject: Re: [stemcellsafety] Re: [chinastemcells] Salt Lake researchers launch groundbreaking stem cell study To: stemcellsafety@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 5:12 PM see  you  then  .. im  melissa , Miranda  is  my  little girl --- On Thu, 10/9/08, drew schemera <schemera@...> wrote: From: drew schemera <schemera@...> Subject: Re: [stemcellsafety] Re: [chinastemcells] Salt Lake researchers launch groundbreaking stem cell study To: stemcellsafety@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 5:47 PM i look forward to meeting all of you-i have als..... drew Make it a great day!, Drew   Drew J.Schemera III Spine Implant Territory Rep. New York Metro/Long Island/CT Cell-914.621.1291 Fax-203.329.0461 --- On Tue, 10/7/08, melissa bowen <angelsonearth2711@...> wrote: From: melissa bowen <angelsonearth2711@...> Subject: Re: [stemcellsafety] Re: [chinastemcells] Salt Lake researchers launch groundbreaking stem cell study To: stemcellsafety@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 3:44 PM HI ,   WE  ARE  HERE  NOW  THROUGH  NOV 8TH   Melissa  >Blessed  mom  to  Miranda --- On Sun, 10/5/08, drew schemera <schemera@...> wrote: From: drew schemera <schemera@...> Subject: [stemcellsafety] Re: [chinastemcells] Salt Lake researchers launch groundbreaking stem cell study To: stemcellsafety@yahoogroups.com, chinastemcells@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 2:25 PM is anyone going to be in hangzhou oct 19- nov 19? REGARDS DREW USA Make it a great day!, Drew   Drew J.Schemera III Spine Implant Territory Rep. New York Metro/Long Island/CT Cell-914.621.1291 Fax-203.329.0461 --- On Fri, 10/3/08, Kirshner Ross-Vaden <kirsh@...> wrote: From: Kirshner Ross-Vaden <kirsh@...> Subject: [chinastemcells] Salt Lake researchers launch groundbreaking stem cell study To: stemcellsafety@yahoogroups.com, chinastemcells@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 8:33 AM What I would like everyone to not in this article are the areas in red. ·       A special kind of adult stem cell taken from the bone marrow of living donors will be injected into the blood stream shortly after their heart surgeries. ·       The stem cells don't even have to match the patient's blood type. ·       "The beauty of these cells that have been developed is that they'll home in on whatever organ has the injury," Doty said. Salt Lake researchers launch groundbreaking stem cell study   Updated: 10/2/2008 7:08:25 AM    Posted: 10/2/2008 7:06:01 AM ·                                     Salt Lake researchers are launching a groundbreaking clinical trial, the first of its kind in the world, to see if adult stem cell transplants will reverse or prevent kidney failure. If it works, it will be the kind of self-healing everybody has been waiting for. The transplants have proven successful in animal experiments in Germany and Salt Lake . Now it's time to start clinical trials in humans. Two patients here have already had the transplants. Open heart surgery places a lot of stress on the kidneys. Patients who already have other multiple complications often go into kidney failure. That's why this group has been selected for the clinical trial. A special kind of adult stem cell taken from the bone marrow of living donors will be injected into the blood stream shortly after their heart surgeries. John Doty, M.D., with the Intermountain Medical Center, said, "We take a small catheter, place that through the blood vessels of the leg, up into the descending thoracic aorta and then inject the stem cells under sterile conditions over about a minute." The stem cells don't even have to match the patient's blood type. They'll be kept frozen until needed, then processed at the University of Utah 's cell therapy lab using a technique developed by a Salt Lake biotech company called Allocure. Inside the blood stream, the stem cells wait for the damaged or failing kidney to call for help. Christof Westenfelder, M.D., the Chief Medical Officer at Allocure, said, "These cells then, after they read what's going on in the injured organ, they then instruct the surviving cells in the injured organ to defend themselves, to repair the organ." The stem cells linger until the repair is complete, then, as programmed, self-destruct within three days so they won't go to other organs where they're not needed. While this first phase clinical trial is for kidneys and is testing safety only, imagine what's next, the possibilities! "The beauty of these cells that have been developed is that they'll home in on whatever organ has the injury," Doty said. Those other organs could include the heart, lungs, liver and eyes. These cells could prove very therapeutic for disease like diabetes.