For the first time, a clinical trial approved by the federal Government is underway to determine if the child's umbilical cord blood stem cells may improve the symptoms of cerebral palsy.
The trial, which is expected to include 40 children, looking for children with cerebral palsy, which received blood from the umbilical cord at birth. Stem cells are thawed and then injected intravenously into the body during a series of treatments.
So far, 13 children have been accepted to the Food and Drug Administration has approved research effort. Although at the beginning of the study, some participants reported progress.
Since the end of the treatments a year under the Allison Thurman trial, 3 years of St. Clair Shores, Michigan best speech and more use of his legs, his mother said. The improvements are remarkable even just two weeks after treatment, reports The Detroit News. To read more, click here.
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