A personal doctor confirms significant improvements in an Australian Parkinson’s disease patient, 61 year-old Stan Lahovec, after his successful stem cell treatment in Düsseldorf, Germany. Lahovec is once again oil painting.

“By trade, I am an optical technician and have been working in the industry since March, 1984. But my passion is oil painting, which I had to put on hold because of my disease,” Lahovec said. “About three years ago, I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Nobody in my family has the disease, so it was a complete surprise when the doctor told me the news. Most disturbing was the knowledge that there is no cure for this debilitating disease as I was told by the doctors.”

In October 2010,  Lahovec traveled to the XCell-Center where he underwent a stem cell treatment using his own stem cells.

“After only a couple of weeks, I started to get better and am still getting better by the day. At first, I was able to shave by myself. Next, I could eat without help. Now, I can drive my car and walk straight upright. I feel like a new man!” Lahovec said. “Today, I went to see my GP and he was speechless; seeing my transformation. He thinks I have improved about 80 percent. I even took my paintbrush and unfinished pictures and started to paint again; which is making me very happy.”

The treatment begins by collecting a small amount bone marrow from the patient’s hip bone using a thin needle under local anesthesia. The stem cells are then separated from the bone marrow at the XCell-Center’s EU certified cGMP laboratory (current good manufacturing process). Before the cells leave the lab, they are counted and their vitality is confirmed. The last step involves inserting a fine spinal needle between the patient’s L4 and L5 vertebrae and injecting the stem cells into the cerebrospinal fluid which flows into the brain.

The cost for Parkinson’s treatment starts at €7,995 (US$10, 690).

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There, upstairs from a grocery and alongside stores selling handbags and Hello Kitty dolls, sufferers of arthritis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other hard-to-treat diseases have been seeking relief.

In this most unlikely place, one of the world’s largest stem cell clinics, a South Korean company called RNL Bio Co. Ltd., has established its American headquarters. Looking to attract a foothold in the U.S. market, it is tapping into L.A.’s sizable Korean community – even as two patient deaths in Asia have incited criticism of the company back home.

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First, stem cells are immature cells that renew themselves for long periods through cell division.

Also, under certain  conditions, they can be “tricked” chemically to become cells that do special things, like become the beating cells of the heart muscle or the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas.

Doctors around the world are already using stem cells to treat diseases. No one is really sure if the treatments are safe and effective (by scientific standards). But many desperately ill and disabled patients travel many miles and spend many thousands of dollars to obtain these treatments.

This book of prayers is for those patients. But it is also for all patients now and in the future who seek relief from their diseases and disabilities through stem cell-based therapeutics.

Each day, people all over the world are moved to worship and adore God, and to acknowledge that they are dependent upon God.

The Gospels mention many times that Jesus himself often withdrew to quiet, desolate places to pray.

As St. Augustine once wrote, “He wishes our desires to be expressed in prayers so that we may be able to receive what he is ready to give.”

This Treasury of Prayers has four inspiring sections:

● Prayers Before Stem Cell Treatment (Contemplation and Decision);

● Prayers While at the Hospital or Clinic;

● Prayers for Patients with Specific Diseases, Conditions and Disabilities

● Scriptural Readings for the Spiritual Comfort of Stem Cell Patients.

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By Pratibha Masand, “Hope for Parkinson’s cure stems from cell transplant”, The Times of India, © 2009 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.