December 30, 2008 7:24 PM Posted By Ken Shigley Comments / Questions (5)

Adult stem cells may be useful in spinal cord injury treatment

While I make my living as a trial attorney handling personal injury liability cases for people who have been seriously injured, I am also deeply interested in scientific advances that improve their prospects for productive lives of high quality.

Traumatic spinal cord injuries leading to quadriplegia and paraplegia are among the most devastating of all physical injuries.  The full scope of problems associated with those conditions  -- pressure sores, spasticity, autonomic dysreflexia, lack of bowel and bladder control, etc. --  is unknown and virtually unimaginable to anyone who has not dealt directly with those conditions.

New advances in stem cell and nanotechnology research appear to offer hope in the long term. However, they are a long way from producing  treatments approved by the FDA, clinically available in the US and paid for by health insurance. Stem cell studies with lab animals have produced exciting reports, and every few weeks I see hopeful reports about the prospect of using stem cells from olfactory nerve, umbilical cord blood, spleen or bone marrow.

There is a lot of hype about the promise of stem cell therapies, and we read of patients traveling to Portugal, China, Thailand or Mexico for cutting edge treatments, the efficacy and safety of which have not yet been proven to the satisfaction of US authorities. 

A few web sites that offer insights into the current state of stem cell research are:

 I'm not a physician and cannot give medical advice. In representing victims of catastrophic injury, however, we try to look ahead to the possibilities for improving the quality and quantity of life if sufficient financial resources are made available.

 

 

Ken Shigley is a trial attorney in Atlanta, Georgia who has been listed as a "Super Lawyer" (Atlanta Magazine), among the "Legal Elite" (Georgia Trend Magazine), and in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Martindale), and is a Certified Civil Trial Advocate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy,. Mr. Shigley has extensive experience representing parties in catastrophic personal injury  (including brain injury, spinal cord injury and burn injury ) and wrongful death,cases.  Currently he is Secretary of the 40,000 member State Bar of Georgia.

Written By:neilson On December 31, 2008 6:22 AM

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Written By:FRANCIS J. PRONESTI On December 31, 2008 6:33 AM

i suffer from post ictus spasticity in left arm and hand. could i benefit from this type of treatment?
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Written By:Personal Injury On January 2, 2009 5:54 AM

Through auto accident personal injury settlements, it is possible that you can receive reparations for the medical expenses, loss of wages, pain and suffering awards, and property damages. A legal professional can help you in receiving legal and fair compensation for your injuries in an auto accident settlement.

Written By:Don Margolis On January 3, 2009 10:48 AM

Everything Mr. Shigley says is true. However, the safety of using Adult Stem Cells has been proven. We have a quote on our website from Dr. Cornelius Kleinbloesin, Managing Director of X-Cell Center, a Stem Cell Treatment center in Germany that uses the patient's own stem cells to help them. I think this is pertinent to this discussion.

He says " Even if not all of the interactions have been conclusively researched to date, the status of the current medical insights has indeed reached a level that allows the non- hazardous treatment with adult stem cells and puts medical professionals in a position to assume responsibility for its use.

Given the proven treatment success of regenerative medicine, the question of whether more research is needed prior to therapeutic use has already been answered.

Those who nevertheless demand stem cell therapy be postponed until we know more about it are taking away patients’ rights to make their own decisions as they search for medical solutions – for the kind of help stem cell therapy does offer. "

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