Then get down to the details of each treatment option.
Stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury ppt.
The spinal cord conveys signals from the brain to the rest of the body and spinal cord injury often leads to a degree of paralysis as some nerve fibers become transected and others while intact.
A description of current treatment options for leukemia and lymphoma patients including chemotherapy radiation therapy stem cell or marrow find out how it kills lymphoma cells and he first some spinal cord injury basics to scaffold and neural stem cells appears best in class when compared to the stem cell only approach.
100 300 million cells administered over a 10 14 day period depending on the severity of your condition and budget.
The only stem cell based products that are fda approved for use in the united states consist of blood forming stem cells hematopoietic progenitor cells derived from cord blood.
Since their discovery in 1998 they have been used in thousands of studies to one day cure paralysis but there is still no cure for those with chronic injuries despite this scientists have come a long way especially in recent years.
Timing of treatment frequency of treatment mode of delivery and number and type of stem cells are all open questions.
We tested the feasibility and safety of human spinal cord derived neural stem cell nsi 566 transplantation for the treatment of chronic spinal cord injury sci.
We know from prior studies that stem cell treatment can be effective in aiding with regeneration after spinal cord injury but many questions remain unanswered dr.
Current therapeutic strategies for sci includes surgical decompression and pharmacotherapy however there is still no gold standard for the treatment of this devastating condition.
In this clinical trial four subjects with t2 t12 sci received treatment consisting of removal of spinal instrumentation laminectomy and durotomy followed by six midline.
Stem cells have long held hope for many people with spinal cord injuries.
If you ve suffered a spinal cord injury it is only natural for you to search out the latest breakthroughs in medicine and technology to find a treatment that can get you back to the way things used to be.