QUICK LINKS: Current News Articles/Video Clip on Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy

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Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy Restores Hope for Amanda

QUICK LINKS: Current News Articles/Video Clip on Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy

January 26, 2009 – Jerry Bovino Show – Grassroots Aspen TV: Download link and view

this hour-long show: Stem Cell Girls http://vod.grassrootstv.org/cablecast/public/Show.aspx?ChannelID=1&ShowID=7776

Researcher finds stem cell success: January 29, 2009: aspen-daily-news-129092

Medicine in the Mountains: Spinal Cord Regeneration

with Dr. Stephen Davies – Given Institute 1/28/09

http://vod.grassrootstv.org/cablecast/public/Show.aspx?ChannelID=1&ShowID=7790

First Embryonic Stem-Cell Trial Gets Approval From the FDA

It is a blessed moment in time given that Obama is a supporter of hESC research and the FDA approved the first human embryonic stem cell trials in the USA. I feel like a new light has been shed over our country this past week – a seed of hope and love. We are one nation that has the propensity to navigate others through change in our spiritually hungry world. Together we can be the collective manifestation of hope and peace. I feel optimistic. There is light. We have so much to look forward to.

If you haven’t done so, I encourage you to visit these online links:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123268485825709415.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/business/23stem.html?ref=business

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/23/stem.cell/index.html

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6714552

http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.ddJFKRNoFiG/b.4919755/k.FC82/First_Embryonic_Stem_Cell_Trial_Gets_FDA_Approval.htm

http://www.geron.com/media/pressview.aspx?id=863

Aspen Times, August 7, 2008: From India to Aspen http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20080807/NEWS/283825477&parentprofile=search

Mike Chan Walks on You Tube Video: http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=7kaGkVPg_80

Life is a Laboratory–OutlookIndia.com June, 2008: http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20080623&fname=Doctor+(F)&sid=1

Stem Cell Hope for Blind Dad: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23788027-3102,00.html

A WORLD FIRST! Perry breathes on his own for the first time in 14 years!

May 28, 2008: http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91251-1317234,00.html

Controversial stem cell treatment draws Australians to Indian Clinic, February 2, 2008: http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/controversial-stem-cell-treatment-draws-australians-to-indianclinic/2008/02/01/1201801037075.html

BBC News Podcast–Radio Interview with Dr. Shroff, patients, and scientists–October 2007: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/documentary_archive/7002784.stm

Medical tourists from around world flock to India Tuesday, February 26, 2008 : http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/feb/26/medical-tourists-from-around-world-flock-to/

Advanced Health Care in India: Stem Cell Treatment, February 8, 2008: http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/advanced-healthcare-in-india-stem-cell-treatment/

Website Links:

Stem Cell Resources: http://stemcellresources.org/

Video on stem cells: Open link and scroll down below world map to Images and Videos:

Stem Cell Animation: RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan.

Articles:
An informative article on Embryonic Stem-Cell Therapy written by Laurance Johnston, Ph.D.

Embryonic Stem-Cell Therapy—Amanda’s Experience

Alternative and Innovative Therapies for Physical Disability

Objective Science: An Inherent Oxymoron

An in depth article on stem cells: CBC News
In Depth Genetics and Reproduction: Stem Cells
September 5, 2007

Aspen Newspaper Articles

Challenges include more than just walking

By Catherine Lutz, Aspen Daily News, Aspen, CO
They said she’d never walk again
By Naomi Havlen, Aspen, CO; June 18, 2007

Stem cell treatment helps Boxtel regain strength
By Naomi Havlen, Aspen, CO; August 23, 2007

Sky News
Miracle Stem Cell Cure? (Sonya Smith’s Story)
April 13, 2007

Sunshine Coast Daily–Australia

Dad urges MPs to pass stem cell research bill

Article on Andrew McGinty

October 10, 2007

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My History, My Story

On February 27, 1992 at the age of 24 I sustained a complete spinal cord injury at T11/12 (that is, no feeling or sensation at thoracic vertebra 11 & 12). I am able to recall the accident vividly in my mind's eye to this very day. I was downhill skiing. Everything happened in slow motion. A freak somersault and in a split second I shattered four vertebrae. It was as though somebody turned off a light switch. An electric current zapped through my legs and in an instant there was nothing.

15 1/2 Years with No Changes…

I have always been an active woman. For 15 1/2 years I sort out various alternative healing therapies yet I showed no improvement. Early on I tried standing tall in leg braces, but my efforts proved fruitless, plus I had a couple of horrible falls. Sitting simply became more functional. In August 2000 I was the recipient of the Vocare Bladder Implant, which helped me void my bladder using electrical stimulation. For 15 1/2 years I kept my legs supple and alive with various alternative healing therapies, yet I showed no improvement. I was paralyzed with no sensation or movement from the top of my pubic bone down. While I arrived at a place of acceptance with my paralysis, I have always had an uncanny insight that one magical day my legs would support me. Secretly, I never gave up hope.

HOPE Restored!

While my spinal cord injury took away my ability to walk, it didn't take away my ability to dream. TODAY I am turning my dream into my reality one baby step at a time. On June 25, 2007 I was the first US Citizen to undergo Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) Therapy with Dr. Geeta Shroff in Delhi, India. During my initial two month visit, I not only witnessed astounding improvements in my own body, but with many patients who have life restored within their bodies and a newfound reason to not give up but LIVE!

New Sensations, New Muscle Power–I Am Defying the Odds!

I am compelled to share my experiences with the world. Since my first stem cell treatment in 2007, and after 15 1/2 years of being in a wheelchair I now have increased sensation with light touch and with deep sensation tingling all the way to my toes; my bladder and bowels are beginning to function again; and I have increased muscle power in my legs including gluteal muscles, quadriceps, hamstrings, adductors and abductors, and a flicker in my calf muscles too. Hope is now a part of my vocabulary!

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