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Kris Arges

Kris Arges, an active mother of 4 and a full time nurse, received her diagnosis of MSA in October 2021 after developing a host of seemingly unrelated symptoms. Once started, they persisted relentlessly and only got worse over time. Early 2022 her symptoms forced her into disability at the age of 56. She had a longstanding position as a clinical research nurse and served as the lead of her group in Cardiac Imaging doing Clinical Trials. After 30 years as a research nurse, she began the difficult task of looking for clinical trials in which she, herself, could participate for this rare and elusive disease. She was shocked to find that there are few options for treatment and MSA research. She looked into what was happening at Mayo and read about the promising research of Dr. Wolfgang Singer whose completed phase-one research showed that disease progression of MSA could be slowed through the infusion of autologous mesenchymal stem cells. Now Dr. Singer is working on the next phase of this research. Kris, a true believer in evidence based medicine/treatment after a lifetime of research at Duke, readily sought to enter the phase II study at Mayo. Much to her disappointment, she learned that there are not enough resources to provide compassionate use after this trial is complete, as had been done in the Phase I study. Nevertheless, she has entered the Phase II study, which is placebo controlled. Kris, and others, are trying to raise enough funds such that all 70 patients in the trial can receive compassionate use of stem cells upon completion of participation. Monies collected through this legacy page will transform into a grant for Dr. Singer to be directed to Mayo’s Stem Cell lab for compassionate use in all participants in this study, and for further MSA research, performed or initiated by Dr. Singer. In June 2022, Professor Wolfgang Singer, MD was the recipient for the Bishop Golser Award 2022 for his landmark studies of biomarkers and stem cell therapies in Multiple System Atrophy.

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