It was recently announced that they had begun treating macular degeneration with stem cell therapy with promising results in a small trial.
http://www.newsweek.com/stem-cell-patch-...nds-853209
FWIW, our dog rescue took in a 7 year old boy with hip dysplasia and the surgical procedures outlined by the doctor were gruesome. They could only do one hip at a time and each one required a 12 week recovery process and extensive physical therapy. The surgeon suggested stem cell treatment as an alternative. I haven't seen him since but his adoptive parents swear that his walk is much improved and he gets up and down easily. The whole process took three injections and one minor surgery to extract fat cells from his shoulder to separate out the stem cells. He was done in 3 months. The cost was less than a third of regular surgery and it was much easier on the dog. So, yeah. This is starting to look like the Holy Grail of medicine.
http://www.newsweek.com/stem-cell-patch-...nds-853209
Quote:Stem Cell Therapy Reverses Blindness in Two Patients
FWIW, our dog rescue took in a 7 year old boy with hip dysplasia and the surgical procedures outlined by the doctor were gruesome. They could only do one hip at a time and each one required a 12 week recovery process and extensive physical therapy. The surgeon suggested stem cell treatment as an alternative. I haven't seen him since but his adoptive parents swear that his walk is much improved and he gets up and down easily. The whole process took three injections and one minor surgery to extract fat cells from his shoulder to separate out the stem cells. He was done in 3 months. The cost was less than a third of regular surgery and it was much easier on the dog. So, yeah. This is starting to look like the Holy Grail of medicine.
