Continuing success stories with stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury
The continuing success stories of autologous bone marrow stem cell treatment in patients with spinal cord injury was presented to the media on the 12th June 2007 in Chennai by the NCRM- Life line* team, this time with four patients who had met with accidents and earlier declared to be bound to wheel chair their life time, presented themselves and have raised the hope of fellow human beings suffering from similar diseases pronounced to have no treatment with presently available modalities.
Name: Akbar Ali/23/M/Vadalore
Fall from 12Mt - Sept2006
Therapy done in the month of 22December2006
After the therapy, he started walking in Two months.
Catheters are now taken from bladder with good control. To him this is a miracle. He is doing his routine works. He lifts pots with water, and can walk for a very long distance. No need of any support. Regained sensation and motor power of the lower limbs.
Mr. A. R. K. Reddy/46/M/Bangalore
Fall from 11 feet in the month of April2007, totally paralyzed and had multiple fractures
SC therapy done in the month of May2007
The treatment has improved his bladder.
Prabhdeep Singh 19/M/Ludhiana, Punjab
Road Traffic Accident three months back
Stem Cell therapy as soon as the injury took place
He is able to stand on his own and take steps with crutches
K. Srinivas/21/M/Chennai
Suffered viral infection (Transverse Myelitis), 8years back and ended up in paralysis.
Stem Cell therapy after 8 years has improved his Bladder control.
Autologous bone marrow stem cell separation technology given to NCRM by Biotherapy institute of Japan was first successfully applied in the country by the NCRM-life line* team to a spinal cord injury patient and the first patient** who walked after 2 months after his arrival wheel chair bound in India (from Abudabhi where he met with spinal cord injury following a fall from 12 Mts) made several ailing patients approach us for treatment. This combination of a state-of-the-art GMP facility and Japanese technology of NCRM for stem cells isolation and processing with the highly skilled physicians of Life Line Hospital could continue to reproduce similar breakthrough developments in several patients following the first which happened in February 2007.
On the 12th of June four such patients with spinal cord injury who could stand up and/or walk from their wheel chairs were presented to the media.
With this positive outcome, the NCRM-Life line* team is also planning to start stem cell based therapies for Liver Cirrhosis, Parkinsons Disease and other diseases based on evidence.
A NCRM’s balanced interest and involvement in both clinical applications*** as well as basic research (2 patents till date with more than 10 presentations in International meetings) has made it be listed one among the 107 global organizations (2 from India) with very good potentials for breakthrough in stem cell applications by 2010 by the Research and markets Inc of Ireland.
Immortal are our visions which we hope would keep immortal the hopes of many.
**The six month follow-up study of the case has been accepted for a presentation in the forthcoming meeting of the International Society for Cell Therapy to be held in Sydney between the 24th and 27th of June 2007.
***First successful Stem cell therapy for (i) Lower Limb ischemia in a diabetic patient (Oct 2006), (ii) Spinal cord injury (Feb 2007) & Autologous Immune Enhancement Therapy for Cancer (Apr 2006) in India.
*our services were provided to this Institute until 29th Feb 2008
