Chron's Disease Hope
Submitted by rlewis on Thu, 25/06/2009 - 08:37.
| 24/06/2009 |
| The Guardian |
| By: Presswatch |
| Stem cell treatment gives hope to Crohn's disease sufferers |
| Sufferers from debilitating bowel condition Crohn's disease may be cured using a ground-breaking stem cell treatment, according to a British doctor leading new research. Initial findings from the world's first controlled trial of the procedure have raised hopes that it could banish the disease's symptoms for many years in up to half of the patients who undergo it. The pioneering therapy involves "rebooting" the patient's immune system, by first destroying the cells that have attacked it to cause the Crohn's, and then replacing them. |
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