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Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML) is a deadly disease that affects only 3 children in 1 million. There is no cure. There is a cure and since you are reading this blog, you probably deduced that the cure involves Adult Stem Cells (or as we call them- REPAIR Stem Cells since that is what stem cells do- repair).

When Adolfo Gonzalez, who at the time was a 1 year old baby, was diagnosed with JMML, the doctor who diagnosed Adolfo told his father that his son was going to die "with or without treatment."

However, Adolfo's father didn't accept that! He thought there must be a way to help his young son. He found a doctor- Dr. Gary Kleiner who enrolled little Adolfo in a trial in which Adult Stem Cells taken from cord blood were implanted into little Adolfo:

"The stem cells from the cord blood started to grow in his own bone marrow and his white count started to increase back to normal, "said Dr. Kleiner.

The new blood created by the stem cells replaced all of Adolfo's blood and eliminated the leukemia cells in his body.

The battle wasn't over. The Leukemia was now gone, but the new stem cells weren't a perfect match and thus began attacking little Adolfo- Graft Vs Host Disease. What can they do about that? Get Adolfo enrolled in yet another trial and give him more Adult Stem Cells! The article doesn't say, but since it was a trial for Graft Vs Host Disease, I'm fairly certain it was Osiris and their Prochymal "Adult Stem Cells for Anything" product.

It worked!-

Today there is no evidence of cancer in his body.

Adolfo may not remember the tough first years of his live, but that's okay by his dad.

"He's going to be a great little boy. He's going to be just a normal little kid," said Gonzalez

Click here to see the article and video

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As I always try to remain optimistic, I will try to concentrate on the good aspects of this miraculous story of yet another child helped with her own Adult Stem Cells (or Repair Stem Cells as I like to call them).  The most important thing is Maia Friedlander, a 4 year old girl from New Zealand, has improved dramatically from a "birth related brain injury" (Cerebral Palsy) after receiving her own Repair Stem Cells saved from her umbilical cord at birth.

The negative part of this story is she had to travel all the way from New Zealand to Duke University in the United States for a procedure that has almost zero downside and plenty of potential to help her- receiving her own stem cells.  And then we have other children and patients in the United States with other conditions who have to go China, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic among other countries to receive similar treatments for different conditions.  Think of how many millions of lives could be changed if using your own stem cells were easily available to the masses.

No more preaching- let us get to the miracle story at hand.  Maia Friedlander was born with a brain injury and

her father Daniel Friedlander said "that before the treatment Maia had difficulty running, chewing and communicating despite having up to 6 hours of therapy a day for the past three years. The oxygen deprivation left her developmentally delayed which meant her progress was inconsistent and slow and Maia was as frustrated as we were. We were facing a lifetime of therapy with no prospect of improvement.

Sounds like a job for Repair Stem Cells.  The Friedlanders heard about a program at Duke University where Dr Joanne Kurtzberg in her Adult Stem Cell research program has reinfused cord blood stem cells into about 50 children with brain injury or cerebral palsy.  You may remember my posts on Chloe Levine, a young Colorado girl who suffered from Cerebral Palsy until she was also helped by Dr. Kurtzberg at Duke.

Did the stem cell treatment work?  I'll let Daniel, the girl's father have the floor:

Daniel says the reinfusion, which took 2 hours, completely unlocked the door on Maia's personality and her physical development.

“Just a few days later after the procedure her eyes started to look more alert, and she lost the unfocused, dreamy kind of look she had always had. Her arms and legs began to straighten out, and her physical co-ordination improved.

Since Maia's return home she's continued to make progress and is now attending pre-school 5 days a week.

“We just can't believe the change in her. Maia is now talking, hugging us, playing and getting up to mischief with her sister and we couldn't be more thrilled.

She's had a second chance at life and we can now have the family life we'd always dreamed of.

“While science can't tell us exactly how it works some think that the stem cells in cord blood have a road map to damaged tissue and when they get there they rebuild it. All we know is that it worked for Maia.

“We couldn't be more grateful for the dramatic change it has made to our lives and want to make sure other families are aware that they can save their baby's cord blood at birth.

“You never know what can happen at your child's birth but when you have their cord blood stored you have options like the option we had for Maia. We would also like to see the reinfusion procedure available to families in NZ, he said.

See the last sentence- I would also like to see this procedure available to families in New Zealand and the rest of the world as well-  my reason for forming the Repair Stem Cell Association.

Read the whole article here

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Today, I bring you a heart felt letter from the mother of a volunteer fireman named Kevin Daniels who suffered a terrible accident in the line of duty that has left him a quadriplegic with limited mobility.  The doctors advised the parents of Kevin to terminate his life at the time, but his parents said "Not a chance, Kevin is a fighter!"

Kevin made it through that time and then later his parents did some Adult Stem Cell research and found a place in Mexico that would implant Kevin with cord blood stem cells which as we all know are ADULT STEM CELLS (Repair Stem Cells)!    They went for it- and it worked!!!

On September 25, 2006 we went to Mexico and had the umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant. Since the procedure has been done, we have seen 33 improvements, some being significant. His speech is better. His medicine for spasticity in his extremities has been reduced to where he is only getting 20% of what he was getting. That is a 80% reduction. He now has slight movement in all 5 fingers on his left hand, which he didn't have before. We knew if the first trip was successful we would need to return every six months until no more improvements are seen. It is wonderful that after 3 years we can still see improvements because of this treatment.**

Kevin wants more Adult Stem Cells for even more improvement and needs donations which go through the fire department so they are tax deductible. Let's see if the Don Margolis blog and its followers can help with this goal- Here is the rest of the letter:

We are now trying to raise the funds to go back. The South Boston Fire Dept. is accepting donations. I'm reaching out to others outside of this area for help. I've never reached out to others for help since Kevin's accident, but the importance of Kevin continuing to receive the stem cell therapy means too much to him for me not to reach out and ask.**

I want to push the government and the medical field to research this avenue of treatment for others (She means using Adult Stem Cells- Don). I don't want this just to help my son, but for it to help others as well. This means that Kevin needs to continue this process to prove the success of this procedure.**

If you would like to send a donation or know of others that would like to help, please send the donation to:

Kevin Daniels Stem Cell Fund*
South Boston Fire Dept.*
403 Broad Street*
South Boston, VA 24592 *

You can contact Chief Steve Phillips with any questions at 434-575-4292. The fire dept. is receiving and administering the funds and all donations are tax deductible.**

Any donation would be greatly appreciated. Please help us to make this a reality. Thank you so much from my family.**

May God bless you and keep you is my prayer.**

Pat Daniels *
1106 Daniels Trail *
Halifax, VA 24558 *
434-575-1740 *
e-mail: patdaniels52@yahoo.com *

This was from Kurt Kamm's website

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Granton Bayless, the "Bubble Boy," so called because he had severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome (SCIDS). This meant his immune system didn't work and he couldn't fight off any illness, virus, etc.  Therefore, he had to live in a "bubble" to protect him.

The only cure for severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome is Adult Stem Cells (what I call Repair Stem Cells) via a bone marrow transplant or cord blood transplant.  Granton was given a cord blood transplant in June and the Repair Stem Cells did their work.

From being on a respirator and given medication that paralyzed him so he wouldn't burn energy or use oxygen to 6 months later- out of the hospital, (my first post on this) out of the sanitized apartment at the Ronald McDonald House, (2nd post)  and now back home with his parents. (click link for article)  I can only imagine what a great feeling that was for them- to get their son back and taking him home for the first time after this long battle with SCIDS.  A victory for them and let's chalk up another victory for Repair Stem Cells.

I wish all of you a belated Happy Thanksgiving.  I thank you all for continuing to visit this blog and I hope for a few of you it has provided hope and direction.  Please keep emailing me - donmargolis@gmail.com and I will reply if you have any questions on how to receive Adult Stem Cell treatment or if you have a question about some disease or condition you or an acquaintance may have.

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Just last week, I brought you the story of a young boy, Karol LaBarrie, who was cured of his Sickle Cell Anemia by using Adult Stem Cells taken from the cord blood of his younger brother. And this week, I am happy to bring you a similar story.

Michael Emms, a young man from Wales, had been living a perfectly normal life. Suddenly, without warning at the age of 21, Michael was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. Michael was believed to be one of the youngest ever to be stricken with this disease.

Some of you may also know that it is the same disease that the famous physics genius, Stephen Hawking is afflicted with.

Luckily, Michael's parents were going to have another child, and decided to save the umbilical cord blood stem cells and use them on Michael.

Fortunately, all went according to plan.  Rhys Emms was born, the cord blood stem cells were saved and frozen.  Then, Michael and the stem cells were flown to China where there were experienced stem cell doctors who were willing to implant the matching stem cells into Michael.

The doctors said without the stem cell treatment, Michael would have likely died in March of 2008.  But look now, it is November 2008 and things have changed thanks to the adult stem cells:

And even though it took half a year to notice any change in his condition, amazingly Michael's muscles started to grow back.

“It paid off because the treatment in China went very well, Julian said. “He is nothing like what he was before. There has been no deterioration over the last year.

“Over there we didn't see a marked change. But during the following three to six months there was muscle growth. His shoulder had more definition and the muscle was coming back. He still has to be aided to walk, but he's not wheelchair-bound anymore.

Click here to see this wonderful stem cell story still in progress.