*** PLEASE alert your friends\u2014Our own continued health and longevity may depend on Steve continuing his work.***<\/p>\n
This call for support was also posted by Ilia Stambler on the Longevity Alliance<\/a> Website, and organized on YouCaring.com<\/a> by John M. Adams. Eric Schulke has also helped tremendously in spreading the word about the Fundraiser.<\/p>\n Since founding the Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group in 1990, Dr. L. Stephen Coles M.D., Ph.D., has worked tirelessly to develop new ways to slow and ultimately reverse human aging.<\/p>\n Everyone active in the LA-GRG or the Worldwide GRG Discussion Group have benefited from his expertise. His continual reporting of news about the latest developments to the List and his work in areas such as gathering blood samples for a complete genome analysis of the oldest people in the world (supercentenarians, aged 110+) is ground breaking and far ahead of anything that has ever been accomplished before. Publication of this work is expected in collaboration with Stanford University before the end of the year. Other accomplishments are equally notable<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO HELP!<\/a><\/p>\n BRIEF summary of his work:<\/b> L. Stephen Coles, M.D. Ph.D \u2014 Cited in more than 250 scientific articles \u2014 Profiled as notable person in Wikipedia<\/a> \u2014 Many other contributions to aging research and advancing long, healthy life<\/p>\n Steve Coles was diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma (Pancreatic Cancer) at the head of the pancreas on Christmas Eve of last year. Pancreatic cancer is particularly insidious. He underwent a Whipple (Surgical) Procedure on January 3rd that produced a beneficial result. The tumor\u2019s complete obstruction to the common bile duct that had caused jaundice and severe pruritus (skin itching leading to scratching to the point of bleeding) was almost immediately reversed in two days. His subsequent chemotherapy with Gemzar over the past three months will hopefully prevent metastases from spreading to other organs. But we won\u2019t know his prognosis until June 7th when a CT Scan will be compared with a baseline scan performed before the start of chemo interpreted by a cancer radiologist.<\/p>\n We now have the opportunity to carry out a personalized chemo treatment regimen created by a start-up company called Champions Oncology<\/a> in Baltimore, MD; USA affiliated with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Champions<\/a> is a world class organization that will analyze the tissue sample that has already been sent to them. Then, a custom treatment program will be prescribed for Steve based on a mouse model, since each tumor is unique and pure test tube trials have not been shown to be effective.<\/p>\n Champions Oncology\u2019s service is to test in mice what can work for Dr. Coles. This is done through two steps:<\/p>\n (1) To implant Dr. Coles\u2019s cancer on mice. (This part has been successfully carried out, and it will allow us to test nine different treatment protocols on Dr. Coles\u2019s specific tumor tissue in mice).<\/p>\n (2) Test the treatments on the mice (The treatments have been defined with Dr. James P. Watson, Dr. Coles, and his oncologists.) <\/p>\n Dr. Joao Pedro de Magalhes of Liverpool, UK was the first to propose employing the services of Champions Oncology. They have a good track record. The biggest risk is that the process normally takes so long that the patient dies before the results can be obtained (especially with such an aggressive, malignant cancer, as Dr. Coles\u2019s). Luckily, this part went right. Also, there is a risk is that Step-1 won\u2019t work. Luckily for us, this part went right, too. Therefore, so far, it seems that choosing Champions Oncology\u2019s approach was the right choice. We can\u2019t be sure that Step-2 will be as successful, but we need to try.<\/p>\n In addition to his medical team here in the U.S., our international friends have been active on his behalf. They successfully negotiated a 60 percent reduction in cost.<\/p>\n Time is of the essence. The good people at Champions Oncology have agreed to begin the analysis immediately.<\/p>\n Steve Coles needs<\/b> your support.<\/p>\n It may make THE <\/b>difference. Please dig deep and support him by contributing to the fund.<\/p>\n *** Our own continued health and longevity may depend on Steve continuing his work.***<\/b><\/p>\n Champions Oncology is an early-stage for-profit company. Champions is not a philanthropy. Like many companies offering breakthrough technologies, it has light bills to pay, payroll to make on time, and many other typical expenses.<\/p>\n Please<\/b> think of any oncologists how may refer patients to Champions, then contact any of the individuals listed below so we may get life-saving information about Champions into their hands. Champions is particularly well set up to accommodate physicians and patients in the Eastern U.S., Germany, France, Brazil, and Japan.<\/p>\n We wish to acknowledge the GRG (the Gerontology Research Group<\/a>\u2014A discussion group of ~400 members worldwide.<\/p>\n We owe a special thank you to The International Longevity Alliance Movement<\/a> for their support.<\/p>\n 1. Edouard Debonneuil<\/b> edebonneuil@yahoo.fr<\/a><\/b> France Skype ID: edebonneuil<\/b><\/p>\n 2. Daniel Wuttke<\/b> D.A.Wuttke@liverpool.ac.uk<\/a><\/b> Germany Skype: admiral_atlan<\/b><\/p>\n 3. Ilia Stambler<\/b> ilia.stambler@gmail.com<\/a><\/b> Israel Skype: iliastam<\/b><\/p>\nNOW, YOU CAN HELP IN TWO WAYS:<\/h4>\n
(1) CONTRIBUTE TO THIS FUND<\/b><\/h2>\n
(2) SEND REFERRALS TO CHAMPIONS ONCOLOGY<\/h2>\n
Contacts:<\/b><\/h2>\n