Stem cell clinical trial aims to combat nerve damage in human tissue

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The idea is inject embryonic stem cell to a patient with a damaged spinal cord. The trial was accepted by the US Food and Drug Administration in January last year, and actually is being organized by the biotech company Geron in California.
The patient with damaged spinal cord was treated on Friday in Atlanta, in a centre of the company Geron. Doctors hope that stem cells injected directly into the spine will help repair the damage to person recovery some movement. Fourteen days later, patient will be injected with living cell that are precoursors of a kind found in the nervous system.
There was test in animals that indicate that injections with stem cells improve their movement and they can walk after sustaining an injury.

Throughout the test, doctors monitor patients for see if you are recovering a sense or are able to move parts of the body affected by injury.
The doctors commented that when they began to research , many thought it would take several decades before this therapy would be approved for use in humans.
The trial had problems with religious groups because the cells are derived from spare embryos created at IVF clinics but doctors said that trial is safe and the investigation was acepted by all the organisms.

The director of the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine at Edinburgh University, said that although this is very exciting news, it is important to note that the goal of testing is no harm to the patient instead of seeking profits, and after obtaining the results, the focus can shift to the development and evaluation of new treatment.

Stress

First, We must understand that the strees is a natural reaction of the body where it operates a series of defense mechanisms to cope with a threatening situation. This is necessary.
This defense mechanisms can conclude, by certain factors, causing serious health problems. When this natural response is given in excess is an overload of stress affects the body and causes the appearance of diseases and pathological abnormalities that prevent normal development and functioning of the human body.

The general symptoms of stress include:

1 .- Prevalence of sympathetic nervous system. It produces such peripheral vasoconstriction, tachycardia, etc.
2 .- release of adrenaline and noradrenaline, cortisol and enkephalin.
3.-Increase in blood glucose, clotting factors, free amino acids and immune factors.
This occurs in order to increase chances of survival in a near-term threat.

A constant stress can cause problems to the gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and the immune system.

How to deal stress:

One way to combat stress is through breathing exercises so that we can voluntarily control breathing, and treating it as calming a stressful situation.

On the other hand it is also important to organize the activities we perform, so we do not have extra concerns. If you have problems is important to talk to someone you trust to not carry them alone. It is also essential to perform regular exercise to improve basic physical condition and also release tension.

From a psychological point of view arises mainly in the control of emotional distress, as well as harnessing the resources of our body. Besides all the above named, electrical stimulation, acupuncture or audio analgesia are alternative techniques for dealing stress and its consequences.