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I wanted to follow up on my post last week on storing a
baby's umbilical cord blood. I noted that Newsweek ran a big article called "When Medicine Meets Marketing -The business of storing umbilical-cord blood is growing. Is salesmanship outpacing science?"
The article takes a Umbilical Cord Blood storing company called Cord Blood Registry (CBR) to task saying that it is a long shot that the stem cells from the cord blood would ultimately be needed and used AND if on the slight chance they were used, the author implied that it was doubtful that the stem cells would work and that CBR was taking advantage of parent's hope and faith.
The author, Mary Carmichael, used Dallas Hextell as an example. Dallas, suffering from Cerebral Palsy was treated for his condition with his own cord blood stem cells in a trial at Duke University by Dr. Kurtzberg. Dallas' parents have gone on the record saying that the stem cell treatment have helped him tremendously, but the author casts doubt on this saying that there is no proof that it worked. I have documented the cases of
Dallas Hextell,
Chloe Levine,
Maia Friedlander, and
John Centrello in my blog- if you read all of these stories, you will believe and this is a case of parents know best.
Don't take it from me- the general public let the author have it in the comments section to the article in question coming to the defense of the Cord Blood Storage business and the stem cell therapy in general:
Chloe Levine's mother responded first:
Posted By: cbrmom1 @ 12/15/2008 10:35:40 PM
It is so very clear that the person who wrote this article, number one does not have her facts even close to the truth and most importantaly is not a mother...
My daughter Chloe recieved a cord blood stem cell reinfusion in May of this year to reverse the effects of Cerebral Palsy. Todate, she is running, jumping, talking, can reach up with two hands to give me a hug....ALL of which was impossible before reinfusion. If you want to see the proof for yourself please visit www.youtube.com/cbrmom1 and watch the before and after videos. Yes, people with CP will improve over time, but they do not improve over 75% in 5 months.
I really feel that this article is a desperate attempt to meet a writers deadline....you should be ashamed of yourself for writting such a vicious, false article.