RE: STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

[Guest guest]

Laxity, your last two post... the links don't work. Could you check and see if

the web address is correct?

Thanks Cindylouwho

STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

Transplanting stem cells from a healthy woman to her sister with severe

rheumatoid arthritis apparently cured the disease, researchers report in the

journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040825/hl_nm/stemcells_arthrit

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To learn more about EDS, visit our website: http://www.ehlersdanlos.ca

[Guest guest]

Laxity, your last two post... the links don't work. Could you check and see if

the web address is correct?

Thanks Cindylouwho

STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

Transplanting stem cells from a healthy woman to her sister with severe

rheumatoid arthritis apparently cured the disease, researchers report in the

journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040825/hl_nm/stemcells_arthrit

is_dc_1

To learn more about EDS, visit our website: http://www.ehlersdanlos.ca

[Guest guest]

Laxity, your last two post... the links don't work. Could you check and see if

the web address is correct?

Thanks Cindylouwho

STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

Transplanting stem cells from a healthy woman to her sister with severe

rheumatoid arthritis apparently cured the disease, researchers report in the

journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040825/hl_nm/stemcells_arthrit

is_dc_1

To learn more about EDS, visit our website: http://www.ehlersdanlos.ca

[Guest guest]

Laxity:

This is good news. I couldn't access the article. Was she being

treated for another condition and this seemed to be a side benefit....or

was this a study. Bernie Could you put on the whole article?

STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

Transplanting stem cells from a healthy woman to her sister with severe

rheumatoid arthritis apparently cured the disease, researchers report in

the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040825/hl_nm/stemcells_art

hrit

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[Guest guest]

When trying to bring up the article, even if you copy and paste, the

last few letters (is_dc_1) do not paste in. You either need to copy

them again and add it to the end or type them in. Then the article

will come up.

Hope this helps!

Love Lana

> Laxity, your last two post... the links don't work. Could you check

and see if the web address is correct?

> Thanks Cindylouwho

> STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

>

>

>

> STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

> Transplanting stem cells from a healthy woman to her sister with

severe

> rheumatoid arthritis apparently cured the disease, researchers

report in the

> journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.

> http://news.yahoo.com/news?

tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040825/hl_nm/stemcells_arthrit

> is_dc_1

>

>

>

> To learn more about EDS, visit our website:

http://www.ehlersdanlos.ca

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

When trying to bring up the article, even if you copy and paste, the

last few letters (is_dc_1) do not paste in. You either need to copy

them again and add it to the end or type them in. Then the article

will come up.

Hope this helps!

Love Lana

> Laxity, your last two post... the links don't work. Could you check

and see if the web address is correct?

> Thanks Cindylouwho

> STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

>

>

>

> STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

> Transplanting stem cells from a healthy woman to her sister with

severe

> rheumatoid arthritis apparently cured the disease, researchers

report in the

> journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.

> http://news.yahoo.com/news?

tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040825/hl_nm/stemcells_arthrit

> is_dc_1

>

>

>

> To learn more about EDS, visit our website:

http://www.ehlersdanlos.ca

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

When trying to bring up the article, even if you copy and paste, the

last few letters (is_dc_1) do not paste in. You either need to copy

them again and add it to the end or type them in. Then the article

will come up.

Hope this helps!

Love Lana

> Laxity, your last two post... the links don't work. Could you check

and see if the web address is correct?

> Thanks Cindylouwho

> STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

>

>

>

> STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

> Transplanting stem cells from a healthy woman to her sister with

severe

> rheumatoid arthritis apparently cured the disease, researchers

report in the

> journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.

> http://news.yahoo.com/news?

tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040825/hl_nm/stemcells_arthrit

> is_dc_1

>

>

>

> To learn more about EDS, visit our website:

http://www.ehlersdanlos.ca

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Bernadette;

Sometimes the attached links will divide into two lines; so the part on the

second line needs to be copied and pasted into the browser to get to the

link. Here is the full article. I will keep my eye open for other articles;

as this one does not say that much.

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Stem Cells Put Woman's Arthritis in Remission

Wed Aug 25, 4:42 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Transplanting stem cells from a healthy woman to

her sister with severe rheumatoid arthritis apparently cured the disease,

researchers report in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.

At the Northwestern University in Chicago, researchers led by Dr. K.

Burt used stem cells from the sibling to treat a 52-year-old woman with

rheumatoid arthritis in 38 joints.

Prior to transplantation, the woman was given various drugs to increase the

odds that her body wouldn't reject the cells.

Her morning stiffness disappeared before she was discharged from the

hospital and did not recur. Her rheumatoid nodules were completely gone 9

months after transplantation and now one year later the patient is

disease-free and is not taking any drugs to suppress her immune system.

At 10 months after transplantation, the patient became infected with the

shingles virus, but the disease responded well to the drug acyclovir. There

was no evidence that the transplanted cells attacked the patient's own

cells, a condition called graft-versus-host disease that is essentially the

opposite of what occurs with rejection.

The procedure, the researchers conclude, " may be performed safely, without

the development of graft versus host disease or serious infection, and

results in ... marked resolution of the disease manifestations of rheumatoid

arthritis. "

SOURCE: Arthritis and Rheumatism, August 2004.

On 8/26/04 7:29 AM, " ceda " ceda > wrote:

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> Subject: RE: STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

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> Laxity:

> This is good news. I couldn't access the article. Was she being

> treated for another condition and this seemed to be a side benefit....or

> was this a study. Bernie Could you put on the whole article?

[Guest guest]

Bernadette;

Sometimes the attached links will divide into two lines; so the part on the

second line needs to be copied and pasted into the browser to get to the

link. Here is the full article. I will keep my eye open for other articles;

as this one does not say that much.

---

Stem Cells Put Woman's Arthritis in Remission

Wed Aug 25, 4:42 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Transplanting stem cells from a healthy woman to

her sister with severe rheumatoid arthritis apparently cured the disease,

researchers report in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.

At the Northwestern University in Chicago, researchers led by Dr. K.

Burt used stem cells from the sibling to treat a 52-year-old woman with

rheumatoid arthritis in 38 joints.

Prior to transplantation, the woman was given various drugs to increase the

odds that her body wouldn't reject the cells.

Her morning stiffness disappeared before she was discharged from the

hospital and did not recur. Her rheumatoid nodules were completely gone 9

months after transplantation and now one year later the patient is

disease-free and is not taking any drugs to suppress her immune system.

At 10 months after transplantation, the patient became infected with the

shingles virus, but the disease responded well to the drug acyclovir. There

was no evidence that the transplanted cells attacked the patient's own

cells, a condition called graft-versus-host disease that is essentially the

opposite of what occurs with rejection.

The procedure, the researchers conclude, " may be performed safely, without

the development of graft versus host disease or serious infection, and

results in ... marked resolution of the disease manifestations of rheumatoid

arthritis. "

SOURCE: Arthritis and Rheumatism, August 2004.

On 8/26/04 7:29 AM, " ceda " ceda > wrote:

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> Subject: RE: STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

>

> Laxity:

> This is good news. I couldn't access the article. Was she being

> treated for another condition and this seemed to be a side benefit....or

> was this a study. Bernie Could you put on the whole article?

[Guest guest]

Thanks Laxity:

Saw Lana's note as well and will keep this in mind for future. Sorry I

don't know your other name. Bernie

Re: RE: STEM CELLS PUT WOMAN'S ARTHRITIS IN REMISSION

Bernadette;

Sometimes the attached links will divide into two lines; so the part on

the second line needs to be copied and pasted into the browser to get to

the link. Here is the full article. I will keep my eye open for other

articles; as this one does not say that much.

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