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I sometimes find stories involving cord blood stem cell transplants in which a patient uses a brother's, sister's or other family member's cord blood. However, it is very rare to find an adult stem cell therapy story in which a patient (in this case a young baby) uses his/her own cord blood stem cells for treatment. Luckily for this baby, the parents had banked her stem cells taken from her umbilical cord at birth.
Chloe Levine is the star here. At the tender age of 9 months, she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and if not for the help of adult stem cells, was destined for 17-18 years of therapy according to her neurologist. Read on:
That was when the Levines heard about an experimental procedure at Duke University in North Carolina where children with cerebral palsy were infused with their own cord blood stem cells in an effort to heal and repair damaged brain tissue.The Levine's remembered they had banked Chole's cord blood when she was born.“It was a miracle, Alvarez said Monday on FOX & Friends. “I congratulate you for banking her cord blood. Stem cells are a new field of medicine and they certainly can rejuvenate the tissue.Two months ago, Chloe, 2, received an infusion of her own stem cells and her progress is remarkable, said her father, Ryan Levine.“Her therapist said she's made a 50 percent recovery, he said. “She can walk, run, and do sign language with her right hand.“It's a miracle, agreed Jenny Levine. “To hear your baby's voice is a gift.Alvarez said all parents expecting babies should consider cord blood banking.“There is no downside, this is material we used to throw away, he said. “And while the blood is most useful for the child it came from, it can sometimes be used for siblings. This is a science that is evolving more and more. And surprisingly enough, all of this took place in the United States (Duke University)- not China, Costa Rica etc. where we normally hear of such stem cell therapies.
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