Stem Cell Treatment success in Australia
 

Exciting news on our televisions and in our newspapers yesterday :

A Canberra teenager with multiple sclerosis has received a new stem cell treatment which appears to have reversed the disease.

Ben Leahy, 19, was diagnosed with MS in 2008 and ended up in intensive care at one point with respiratory failure after his condition deteriorated rapidly.

He was in a wheelchair when he underwent the procedure this year and today he is walking and recovering well.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...treatment.html

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/...?site=canberra

wow, this is so interesting, getting stem cell treatment down under. I look forward to it becoming more commonplace.
thanks for posting

raglet

that's awesome ... and I've heard that stem cells are now more easily retrieveable from a living person ...

Good deal for him! Hope he continues to improve and that others may also benefit.

gmi

WooHoo!!! I love to hear this stuff. :D

I agree Sally!

It's just wonderful that this stem cell transplant has worked but even so, I am not getting my hopes up. I know as well as everyone else that hopes can be smashed and I'm happy to sit back and see how things proceed from now. We've all been there before!

It's a fabulous start though, and certainly something to watch in the future.... :D

I've wanted a reason to go to Australia, now I have one. Yippee. I hope they find our cure.

I found this video, Anne......

http://ten.com.au/video-player.htm?v...&vxBitrate=300

Stem Cell Treatment success in Australia
 

Hey there is someone older than I am, here. Where have you been hiding, I could use some support..:D

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