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Monday, August 10, 2009

Veterinarians Using Stem Cells To Treat Animals


Procedures helping pets with degenerative arthritis, owners say

MIAMI
- Five-year-old Lucy the Labradoodle's back limbs have been rendered unusable by rheumatoid arthritis, and she must scoot along the ground with her front paws to grab a bone. Her owners believe that a costly stem-cell treatment is the reason she's even lived as long as she has.


In fact, they say, she seems to be improving. She no longer yelps or whimpers in pain, and she needs far less medicine than before. Lucy's owners credit the stem cell treatment, despite what experts say is a lack of evidence such treatments work.

"We didn't think she'd live anywhere near this long, and I know it's because of the stem cells," says owner Carol Fischman, 57, of Vero Beach.


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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

notice that they are NOT embryonic stem cells.