Al Amal Stem Cell Treatment Center To Be Established

Al Amal Stem Cell Treatment Center To Be Established. The Al Amal Hospital in Doha, Qatar is setting up a stem cell transplant unit according to a report by The Peninsula. The center is expected to be established by the end of the year.

It is expected to “provide optimal care to patients in need of advanced techno-therapy and are unable to afford treatment abroad” according to a source at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC).

A stem cell laboratory, the first of its kind in the region, will also be put up. It is expected to provide services for tissue matching, microbiology, blood and immune diseases, chemistry and blood bank.

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Stem Cell Treatment for Cerebral Palsy: Dalton Rogers-Ford Story

Stem Cell Treatment for Cerebral Palsy: Dalton Rogers-Ford Story. Can stem cell therapy cure cerebral palsy? A news report by the Journal Standard, an Illinois community paper, on the case of 4-year-old Dalton Rogers-Ford shows that it does.

Dalton, accompanied by his mom and two grandmothers, traveled to Germany last September to undergo stem cell procedure which lasted for two days.

He is now back in Pearl City, Illinois and according to his mom Nikki, “He keeps improving more and more every day.”

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Qingdao Hospital Stem Cell Treatment Restores Eyesight for Brit Grandma

Qingdao Hospital Stem Cell Treatment Restores Eyesight for Brit Grandma. A 76-year-old British grandmother who lost her eyesight (she was diagnosed with giant cell arteritis, an inflammation in the blood vessels) got her vision back following stem cell therapy in Qingdao Hospital in China.

Dorothy Leach is now able to make out faces, shapes, and colors according to a Daily Mail news report.

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Stem Cell Cerebral Palsy: Jona Ghelli at XCell Stem Cell Clinic

Stem Cell Cerebral Palsy: Jona Ghelli at XCell Stem Cell Clinic. The XCell Stem Cell Clinic in Dusseldorf, Germany has been receiving some negative press lately. First some British scientists accused the clinic of performing unlicensed and unproven stem cell therapies.

Then there’s this Daily Telegraph report about the death of a young boy following stem cell therapy at the controversial clinic.

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Stem Cell Therapy in New Zealand: Prof Charles McGhee Cures Blind Patients

Looking for stem cell therapy in New Zealand? Check out this story about the work of Professor Charles McGhee in using stem cells to help blind patients. According to stuff.co.nz, McGhee works for both the Auckland District Health Board as well as the Auckland University Medical School. Read the story below.

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When it comes to stem cell therapy success stories, the ones that are usually reported by the media involve treatments that succeeded in helping restore the eyesight of blind (or nearly blind) patients. This is the case for American Macie Morse who, according to reports, had a successful stem cell therapy in China. Another American patient, the legally blind Adam Kitchen, also successfully underwent stem cell surgery in China.

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XCell Stem Cell Clinic Germany: Baby Death Following Treatment

XCell Stem Cell Clinic Germany: Baby Death Following Treatment. Remember the XCell Stem Cell Clinic in Germany which was criticized last month by British experts for employing unproven stem cell treatments on patients desperate for a cure to their condition? Well, the clinic is under scrutiny following the death of one of its patients two months ago.

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