Bone/Muscles
- Sept. 30, 2010 - The Telegraph reported that doctors used a woman's own adult bone marrow stem cells to save her leg from being amputated. The British woman's left leg was shattered after being struck by a car.
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June 22, 2010 - Italian researchers have successfully treated seven patients suffering from periodontal disease by injecting their gums with bone marrow stem cells. Periodontitis destroys the bone tissue underneath the damaged gums. Traditional treatment options include bone grafts.
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Apr. 20, 2010 - British and Italian doctors performed a stem cell organ treatment on a child to replace his windpipe. Doctors gave the boy a donor windpipe with his own adult bone marrow stem cells grafted onto it.
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Dec. 16, 2009 - Sky News reported that British doctors successfully treated a man named Andrew Kent with stem cells from his own bone marrow after a boulder fell on him and broke his leg in five places. Without the treatment, Kent would have likely had to have his leg amputated.
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Sept. 1, 2009 - The Telegraph reported that a British hospital used an adult stem cell treatment as an alternative to artificial hip replacements. The technique uses adult stem cells from a patient's own bone marrow mixed with ground-up bone fragments. Five of the six patients have had successful treatments.
- Nov. 19, 2008 - Claudia Castillo talks about how doctors in were able to create a new windpipe for her using adult stem cells in an exclusive interview with the Telegraph. Scientists used a windpipe from a donor and added Castillo's own stem cells to create the new tissue, which has avoided immune rejection. Read more about the story from the BBC.
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Feb. 1, 2008 - Reuters reported on how Finnish researchers used stem cells taken from a patient’s own fat to help create a bone transplant to replace his upper jaw. The 65-year-old patient, whose upper jaw was removed because of cancer, was unable to eat or speak without a prosthesis before the transplant.