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TD Jakes, Perry Noble, Nick Vujicic and Jentezen Franklin Accept ALS 'Ice Bucket Challenge,' Call Out Rick Warren, Ed …

Posted: August 30, 2014 at 12:57 am

August 29, 2014|5:03 pm

Perry Noble, pastor of NewSpring Church in Anderson, South Carolina, participates in the "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge."

T.D. Jakes, Perry Noble, Nick Vujicic and Jentezen Franklin were among the numerous participants of the "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge" that's been sweeping online social networks. The stunt was being used to raise funds to support continued research into treating and curing Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Participants of the "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge" record a video of themselves being doused with a bucket of ice-cold (or icy) water. Participants also state which individuals they are nominating for the challenge. If a person who is called out for the challenge fails to accept within 24 hours, they are then expected to donate $100 to an ALS organization (although some do boththe challenge and make a donation).

An example of the "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge" can be seen in the video below of Jakes, pastor of The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas:

As heard in the video, Jakes called out Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen, comedian and actress Sheryl Underwood and E. Dewey Smith, pastor of The House of Hope Atlanta. Both Underwood and Smith have accepted the challenge.

The "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge," most affiliated with the ALS Association, has been criticizedby various parties, both for how it has been simplified by some participants as a social media trend as well as for the nature of the research involved in pursuing a cure for ALS.

The ALS Association explainsthat in its quest to "leave no stone unturned" to find effective treatments and a cure for Lou Gehrig's Disease, that an embryotic stem cell study was its current primary fund recipient. According to onlineforlife.org, that study involves stem cells taken from a fetus aborted at eight weeks. The ALS Association, emphasizing the need for "appropriate scientific review and ethical guidelines" in stem cell research, says that it allows donors to request that their donations not be used to fund embryonic stem cell research, or any projects involving human stem cells.

In a press releasedated Aug. 29, the ALS Association revealed that it had received in the last 30 days $100.9 million in donations due to the viral nature of the ongoing "Ice Bucket Challenge." The organization raised more than 36 times as much in donations as it did in the same 30-day period last year, when it pulled in $2.8 million.

While the ALS Association is the primary organization linked to the "Ice Bucket Challenge," there are other nonprofits that fund research for treatments and a cure for the grave disease that does not involve the use of embryonic stem cells. Sen. Ted Cruz in his recorded "Ice Bucket Challenge," notes on his Facebook pagethat he personally supports John Paul II Medical Research Institute (as does Regent University) because the organization "respects human life."

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We have successfully helped many people in Montana. We can help you attain real, effective, stem cells and alternative treatments for Hidradenitis suppurativa. Health improvements after our natural method of treatments have been used have shown terrific results in a very high percentage of cases. Every human being deserves to have good health and that is our desire to sincerely provide a network of resources available to help you or your loved one achieve better health. Don't let another day or week go by. Don't think that the pain or the Hidradenitis suppurativa you or a loved one have endured cannot be ended or put on a better more natural healing path to good health. Don't give up hope. We can help you recover, but you have to take the first step by contacting us now!

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Treating Hidradenitis suppurativa in a traditional medical manner is sometimes a long and grueling process that can offer less hope than you deserve. Additionally, many traditional medical treatments are riddled with drugs and medications that can sometimes cause even more harm to other parts of the body. Further risks of medication mixups, allergies, destruction of the immune system and the constant level of additional medical treatments that may be required, can sometimes weigh heavily on a patient and their chances of regaining a healthful way of life. Recovery can become difficult or almost impossible in some cases.

We offer an alternative treatment or a more stem cell process that centers around the idea of using your own adult stem cells as the basis of this natural treatment. In some areas of the country, traditional medicine and medical practices may not have acknowledged the benefits that stem cell treatments can bring to the healing process. Stem cell treatments may not be a standard course of medical treatment quite yet, but that may be a result of other political and/or profit motives. But rest assured that is all changing and changing quite rapidly as more and more success and overwhelming evidence indicates that adult stem cell therapy is a very successful and viable treatment process for Hidradenitis suppurativa.

Stem cell treatment is extremely effective and very safe. It is also very natural, ethical and a very effective way in assisting the body to heal naturally and wholesomely. It embodies the very idea of "healing" rather than simply medicating a symptom. The main idea of how adult stem cell treatments work are as follows...

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Stem Cell Scandal

Posted: August 30, 2014 at 12:54 am

Michael Stitzel joked that his research has led him to climb up the evolutionary tree. As an undergraduate he worked with yeast, and over the years, he has worked his way up to studying Drosophila, C. elegans, and, now, people.

Stitzel shifted from the more basic roots of the tree to the biomedical limbs as a matter of motivation. He said that as a graduate student, though he worked on an important and interesting question, when experiments didn't go well, it was hard for him to get motivated. And so, he found himself drawn to questions with more direct relevance to medicine.

He turned to studying type 2 diabetes. Using a genome-wide association study approach, he identified a number of regions in the genome linked to the disease, but many of them were, as he put it, "in the middle of nowhere." This led him to thinking about epigenetics, and then to later uncover what he and his colleagues dubbed 'stretch enhancers,' longer-than-average enhancers that appear to be driving physiological functions.

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News Bureau | University of Illinois – Stem cells aid …

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7/21/2014 | Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor | 217-333-5802; diya@illinois.edu

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A new study in mice reveals that mesenchymal (mezz-EN-chem-uhl) stem cells (MSCs) help rejuvenate skeletal muscle after resistance exercise.

By injecting MSCs into mouse leg muscles prior to several bouts of eccentric exercise (similar to the lengthening contractions performed during resistance training in humans that result in mild muscle damage), researchers were able to increase the rate of repair and enhance the growth and strength of those muscles in the exercising mice.

The findings, described in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, may one day lead to new interventions to combat age-related declines in muscle structure and function, said University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Marni Boppart, who led the research.

We have an interest in understanding how muscle responds to exercise, and which cellular components contribute to the increase in repair and growth with exercise, she said. But the primary goal of our lab really is to have some understanding of how we can rejuvenate the aged muscle to prevent the physical disability that occurs with age, and to increase quality of life in general as well.

MSCs occur naturally in the body and may differentiate into several different cell types. They form part of the stroma, the connective tissue that supports organs and other tissues.

MSCs also excrete growth factors and, according to the new study, stimulate muscle precursor cells, called satellite cells, to expand inside the tissue and contribute to repair following injury. Once present and activated, satellite cells actually fuse to the damaged muscle fibers and form new fibers to reconstruct the muscle and enhance strength.

Satellite cells are a primary target for the rejuvenation of aged muscle, since activation becomes increasingly impaired and recovery from injury is delayed over the lifespan, Boppart said. MSC transplantation may provide a viable solution to reawaken the aged satellite cell.

Satellite cells themselves will likely never be used therapeutically to enhance repair or strength in young or aged muscle because they cause an immune response and rejection within the tissue, Boppart said. But MSCs are immunoprivileged, meaning that they can be transplanted from one individual to another without sparking an immune response.

Skeletal muscle is a very complex organ that is highly innervated and vascularized, and unfortunately all of these different tissues become dysfunctional with age, Boppart said. Therefore, development of an intervention that can heal multiple tissues is ideally required to reverse age-related declines in muscle mass and function. MSCs, because of their ability to repair a variety of different tissue types, are perfectly suited for this task.

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Precision StemCell – StemCell Procedures – ALS Treatment

Posted: August 29, 2014 at 5:55 am

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Frank Orgel - Former Auburn Coach

QUOTE FROM ARTICLE: One of the ALS patients, former NFL football player and college coach Frank Orgel, recently underwent a new stem cell reprogramming technique performed by Dr. Jason R. Williams at Precision StemCell in Gulf Shores. Before the injections, Orgel's health had declined. He could not move his left armor leg. He couldn't walk or stand on his own, he said.

Neurodegenerative diseases, such as ALS are very devastating and have little treatment options. In early 2012 we were approached to treat Frank Orgel, a patient diagnosed with ALS. There had been only limited work with the use of mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of conditions such as ALS. The initial concern was that neural conditions would need neural stem cells. Neural stem cells can be difficult to obtain. This led us to use a new technique involving reprogramming of the stem cells. We first treated Frank, unsure if he would receive any benefits. To our surprise, he began getting movement in his leg and his fasciculations significantly improved. This seemed like a big step in ALS therapy. We have since treated several other patients, with most seeing modest improvement in their condition. This is certainly not a cure, but it has led us in the direction to improve treatment for ALS. We believe this same technique may translate into therapy for other conditions such as Parkinsons and Multiple Sclerosis. Please see our research section for further insight into the therapies being developed for neurodegenerative diseases.

For many years it has been theorized that stem cells may hold the answer to treating nerve and cord injuries, resulting in paralysis. We felt that neural reprogramming of mesenchymal stem cells could increase the number of stem cells that can be delivered and improve the chances of obtaining a positive response. We have limited experience with the treatment of 2 patients with spinal cord injury resulting in slight gain in movement. These cases are still early and nerves take a long time to regrow. This is a good initial start and hopefully this therapy can develop enough to allow these patients to gain enough use to improve their overall function.

Precision StemCell has partnered with Neuralgene to perform studies to evaluate PRCN-829 which is a gene therapy designed to inhibit the attack of Complement and reduce toxic build up of proteins such as TDP-43.

Stem cells repair and replenish cells within our body. The problem is that as we age or get injuries, there may not be enough stem cells in the area to adequately repair or regenerate. Precision StemCell procedures take care of that problem by removing a large store of stem cells and placing them in the location where they are needed. The stem cell procedure involves harvesting stem cells that are located within fat tissue.

The fat is removed with a minimally invasive liposuction procedure. The fat is then processed to separate the stem cells. In addition, some blood is taken from a vein in the patients arm to obtain platelet rich plasma (PRP). PRP contains growth factors, which help stimulate the growth of the stem cells. PRP is mixed with the stem cells prior to injection. These stem cells are then injected back into the body at the point of injury the same day. Tens of millions of stem cells are delivered to the injured area, more than your body could ever deliver on its own.

Precision StemCell is different from many other same-day stem cell procedures because the stem cells injected under precise image guidance such as CT, MRI, Fluoroscopy and Ultrasound.

There are many medical conditions, which are only visible on MRI. This is why an MRI is needed to diagnose many orthopedic conditions. To inject stem cells into injuries only visible by MRI, you need MRI guidance to place them in the appropriate location. We have a large bore 3 Tesla MRI which allow us to use MRI guidance when needed.

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Posts Tagged virginia – virginia StemCell Doctors

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Jan. 9, 2013 After uncovering a mechanism that promotes chronic intestinal inflammation and the development of colorectal cancer, scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center have found that fingolimod, a drug currently approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, could potentially eliminate or reduce the progression of colitis-associated cancer (CAC).

The study, published online in the journal Cancer Cell, was led by Sarah Spiegel, Ph.D., Mann T. and Sara D. Lowry Chair in Oncology, co-leader of the Cancer Cell Signaling program at VCU Massey Cancer Center and chair of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at the VCU School of Medicine. Spiegels team discovered that increased production of an enzyme known as sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) causes cells lining the intestine to produce more of a signaling molecule known as sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), which activates a variety of biological mechanisms that lead to chronic intestinal inflammation and the development and progression of CAC. The researchers then used animal models to demonstrate that the drug fingolimod decreased expression of SphK1 and S1Ps receptor, S1PR1, which subsequently interfered with the development and progression of CAC, even after tumors were established.

Perhaps the most significant aspect of this study is the therapeutic potential of fingolimod in the treatment of colitis-associated cancer, says Spiegel. Since this drug is already approved for clinical use, were hoping to initiate a clinical trial to study its efficacy in patients with CAC in combination with approved therapies.

Essentially, the researchers discovered a self-feeding loop that results in chronic intestinal inflammation and increases the progression of CAC. The team showed that increased production of SphK1 and S1P lead to sustained activation of NF-kB and Stat3, which are both proteins called transcription factors that control the way DNA is transcribed in a cells nucleus in order to respond to environmental stimuli. This increased activation of NF-kB and Stat3 led to an increased production of TNF-a and IL-6, which are small pro-inflammatory molecules secreted by immune system cells. The increased inflammation, in turn, led to increased production of SphK1 and S1P, which continued the malicious cycle.

This is the first time that SphK1 and S1P have been linked to NF-kB, Stat3, chronic inflammation and CAC.

Because one of the consequences of inflammatory bowel diseases is an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer, the next step in our research is to examine blood samples from patients with irritable bowel syndrome and colitis-associated cancer to measure levels of S1P, says Spiegel. Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths, and were hopeful that this research will lead to more effective treatments.

Spiegel collaborated on this study with Kazuaki Takabe, M.D., Ph.D., and Tomasz Kordula, Ph.D., both members of the Cancer Cell Signaling program at VCU Massey; and Jie Liang; Masayuki Nagahashi, M.D., Ph.D.; Eugene Y. Kim, Ph.D.; Kuzhuvelil B. Harikumar, Ph.D.; Akimitsu Yamada, M.D.; Wei-Ching Huang; Nitai C. Hait, Ph.D.; Jeremy C. Allegood, Ph.D.; Megan M. Price; Dorit Avni, Ph.D.; and Sheldon Milstien, Ph.D., all from VCU Massey Cancer Center and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at VCU School of Medicine.

This study was supported by NIH grants R37GM043880, RO1CA61774, U19AIO77435, T32HL094290, P30CA16059 and K12HD055881, a Susan G. Komen for the Cure Research Foundation grant and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke core grant 5P30NS047463.

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NYU researchers ID process producing neuronal diversity in fruit flies' visual system

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28-Aug-2014

Contact: James Devitt james.devitt@nyu.edu 212-998-6808 New York University

New York University biologists have identified a mechanism that helps explain how the diversity of neurons that make up the visual system is generated.

"Our research uncovers a process that dictates both timing and cell survival in order to engender the heterogeneity of neurons used for vision," explains NYU Biology Professor Claude Desplan, the study's senior author.

The study's other co-authors were: Claire Bertet, Xin Li, Ted Erclik, Matthieu Cavey, and Brent Wellsall postdoctoral fellows at NYU.

Their work, which appears in the latest issue of the journal Cell, centers on neurogenesisthe process by which neurons are created.

A central challenge in developmental neurobiology is to understand how progenitorsstem cells that differentiate to form one or more kinds of cellsproduce the vast diversity of neurons, glia, and non-neuronal cells found in the adult Central Nervous System (CNS). Temporal patterning is one of the core mechanisms generating this diversity in both invertebrates and vertebrates. This process relies on the sequential expression of transcription factors into progenitors, each specifying the production of a distinct neural cell type.

In the Cell paper, the researchers studied the formation of the visual system of the fruit fly Drosophila. Their findings revealed that this process, which relies on temporal patterning of neural progenitors, is more complex than previously thought.

They demonstrate that in addition to specifying the production of distinct neural cell type over time, temporal factors also determine the survival or death of these cells as well as the mode of division of progenitors. Thus, temporal patterning of neural progenitors generates cell diversity in the adult visual system by specifying the identity, the survival, and the number of each unique neural cell type.

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Breast Stem Cells Offer Clues to Origin of Cancer Cells

Australian researchers have discovered that breast stem cells and their "daughters" have a lengthier life than previously believed. This recently discovered longer lifespan indicates that these cells could carry genetic defects or damage earlier in life that could eventually progress toward ca... Read More

Two thirds of men will see some degree of hair loss by the age of 35, according to the American Hair Loss Association. However, women are also impacted, consisting of up to 40% of all hair loss sufferers. The condition can affect a person's self-image and emotional well-being and has been diff... Read More

Researchers have engineered a breakthrough technique to grow artificial skin - using stem cells extracted from the umbilical cord. The new method could benefit burn patients with faster skin grafting since the artificial skin can be stored and used when required. Read More

Columbia University Medical Center researchers claim they are getting closer to the creation of lung tissue for transplant using a patient's own cells. Published in Nature Biotechnology, this study reports that investigators have successfully transformed human stem cells into functioning lung ... Read More

Researchers are now one step closer to finding the cure for blindness, following their first successful transplantation of light-sensitive photoreceptor cells from a synthetic retina that was grown in a lab using embryonic stem cells. This is according to a study conducted by University of Col... Read More

Researchers from China have conceptualized a means of deriving stem cells from urine to create solid organs and tissues, including teeth. Their study has been published in the journal Cell Regeneration. The researchers hope this technique will eventually help provide new, custom-made teeth for... Read More

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