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New for Crohn's disease

According to the Jewish Agency for News (AJN) a group of Israeli researchers at the Weizmann Institute have found a possible answer to autoimmune diseases like Crohn's disease . These research so far only been tested in mice.

In autoimmune diseases such as Crohn's , lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue instead of invading germs. An Israeli team of researchers are seeking to commercialize a revolutionary solution to stop these diseases.

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, could "fool" the immune systems of mice to point to an enzyme known as MMP-9. This is a family of proteins essential for our body processes as essential as wound healing. But when it's out of control, MMP-9 facilitates the development of autoimmune diseases as well as the spread of cancer.

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Stem cell treatment for perianal fistula

Tags: celulas madre , cirugia , crohn , fistula perianal , genetica , investigacion , tratamientos , video . Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 in Debate and Multimedia . 2 Comments Tags: stem cells , surgery , Crohn's , perianal fistula , genetics , research , treatments , video .

Be warned that the images can be quite raw in doubt, abstain from viewing the video. In it we see how to use stem cells extracted from allogeneic adipocytes for treatment of perianal fistula a Crohn's patient .

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The allogeneic stem cell is a procedure in which a person receives blood stem cells (cells in which the globules are in development) from a donor genetically similar but not identical. Stem cells can be extracted from the umbilical cord of a newborn, usually a sister or brother is the solution, but could also be an unrelated donor.