Stem Cell Surgery for Vets Gets Federal Backing
$85 Million Federal Grant Announced for Orthopaedic Stem Cell Surgery
Using Patients' Own Cells
By JUJU CHANG and ROXANNA SHERWOOD
April 17, 2008
RSS With the dexterity of a carpenter, the finesse of a master chef
and the tools of a painter, Dr. Thomas Einhorn uses stem cells to do
something on the cutting edge of science: grow brand new bone. Today,
orthopaedic stem cell surgery earned significant backing from the
federal government, which announced plans to dedicate $85 million for
the creation of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine
(AFIRM) to fund this procedure for veterans injured in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Feds back stem cell surgery for vets, plus backstage at the ABC
debate.The hope is that the new funding will offer wounded soldiers a
chance to heal from injuries that might otherwise have left them
unable to return to work, or even walk.
'His Own Live Cells'
Einhorn, the chairman of orthopaedic surgery at the Boston University
School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, used stem cells to try
to repair a patient's hip, after seven conventional surgeries had
failed. It was the first time he had attempted this specific surgery,
which to the untrained eye looks a little like spray painting.
http://www.abcnews.
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StemCells subscribers may also be interested in these sites:
Children's Neurobiological Solutions
http://www.CNSfoundation.org/
Cord Blood Registry
http://www.CordBlood.com/at.cgi?a=150123
The CNS Healing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNS_Healing
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