Stem cells shown safe, beneficial for chronic stroke patients

Re:Stem cells shown safe, beneficial for chronic stroke pati... by mgr86 on Friday June 03, 2016 @11:19AM (#11830809)

> MSC's have been shown to improve COPD

My grandfather died of COPD, and likely so will my Dad. He has COPD. And was diagnosed in his 50s. I am fearful of it myself, but thankfully unlike both of them I've never smoked.

It is a shot in the dark, but do you know anything off hand of having him participate in something like this in the US?

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Re:Stem cells shown safe, beneficial for chronic stroke pati... by willholloway on Friday June 03, 2016 @11:23AM (#11830835)

There are clinics and doctors that have been performing the procedure, lowest cost I have seen is $7k for a treatment. They can harvest, isolate and deliver his own MSC via IV and perhaps nebulizer.

It seems like the doctors that have been performing are silos of information right now. There is not a lot published on the web of their experience as practicing doctors, some of the best on the ground info I have found is from interviews of doctors practicing.

There are also very many published MSC trials showing a benefit.

It is a terrible thing to not be able to breathe well. I hope that this can help.

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Re:Stem cells shown safe, beneficial for chronic stroke pati... by mgr86 on Friday June 03, 2016 @11:41AM (#11830952)

Thanks! I will try my best to look into this and hope he is willing. He doesn't talk about it much.

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