Though without the media fanfare that is due them, scientists and doctors using adult stem cells in medical treatments just continue to score successes.Here's a brief item about a new procedure being used at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago that offers hope to patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI), or severely blocked leg arteries -- a devastating condition that leads to unhealing wounds, gangrene, and eventually the loss of toes, feet or legs. Indeed, CLI results in more than 100,000 amputations a year.
Well, these doctors have begun a national trial transplanting a purified form of the patients' own stem cells into their leg muscles to grow new, small blood vessels and restore circulation in their legs. Results so far look very promising.
And please note, this isn't just lab research or theory. Adult stem cells are being used in hundreds of different ways right now that are saving lives, restoring health, and practically improving the quality of life for hundreds of thousands.
