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In late July, I posted on Chloe Levine, a cerebral palsy patient who had been infused with her own umbilical cord blood stem cells in an experimental treatment at Duke University.   This will come as no surprise to regular readers of this blog-  the Repair (aka Adult) Stem Cell therapy worked.  This is a good sign for parents of cerebral palsy children who are seeking adult stem cell treatment overseas like Thomas Bourke, whom I covered last week.

This is a very happy story filled with good information on cord blood stem cells.   There is nothing controversial about these stem cells taken from an umbilical cord (not an embryo).  Chloe was helped by her own Repair Stem Cells.   Chloe's mother put it best at the end of the article with this quote:

"Chloe was put here to teach the medical community and families about their options," she said. "The worst thing that could happen was that nothing would happen. And the complete opposite happened."

Read more about this miracle:

Stem cells: Small wonders

With a nearly paralyzed right side, Chloe Levine was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 1. A year later, she can say her nickname and is walking normally and jumping on beds.

By Michael Booth
The Denver Post

With one simple word from the back seat of a car cruising between North Carolina and New York, 2-year-old Chloe Levine signaled a great leap forward.

"Coco," the Colorado toddler said, uttering her nickname for the first time.

Those two syllables marked a milestone in stem-cell therapy, helping prove that infusing a baby with its own stem cells can repair a brain ravaged by cerebral palsy.

Before a one-time treatment at Duke University in May, Chloe had speech problems, and the right side of her body was nearly paralyzed. Now she's jumping off beds, applying doll barrettes with her right hand and learning new words every day. The Duke experiments expand again the remarkable range of bodily failures that stem cells can repair.  - Note from DM-  He should have said "that adult stem cells can repair, embryonic stem cells can't help anything."

Just two days after Chloe's stem-cell infusion, "things started happening that she could never do before, and we finally let ourselves stop thinking it was a coincidence," Levine said.

"It's exciting," said Dr. Brian Freed, director of the University of Colorado Cord Blood Bank at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. When the treatment works, the Duke study has been gratifying to parents, Freed said, because "this one is a bit more dramatic" than other stem-cell treatments. "You can see the benefits."

Once there, scientists still aren't sure how the stem cells work to fix cerebral palsy. Some think the cells may be able to rebuild brain tissue itself. Others think there is more evidence that the stem cells repair blood vessels and flow damaged by a stroke, bringing crucial blood that in turn repairs brain tissue. Either way, doctors told the Levines, expect fast results if the new therapy was meant to help Chloe. They drove from Duke to Jenny Levine's family in New York, and that's when Chloe dropped her little "Coco" bomb.

The Levines immediately noticed Chloe's clenched right hand relaxing, and instead of dragging her right leg, she began walking normally.

Chloe can now raise both arms over her head and is eating and picking things up with both hands. Her therapy is down to once a month to check foot tendons for continued mobility.

"I still see new improvement every day," Levine said. She believes most of the effects of the cerebral palsy are gone and that any remaining tightness in Chloe's body will disappear with time and therapy.

"I've never seen anything turn around this fast," said Dottie Waldo, Chloe's physical therapist in northern Arizona, where the family lived before the stem-cell procedure.

Waldo saw Chloe a month ago and was shocked at the recovery of movement in her hands and arms. "I'm a believer," Waldo said. "I think it was the right thing to do, and I hope it helps a lot of kids in the future." -  I hope so too Ms. Waldo.

"The worst thing that could happen was that nothing would happen. And the complete opposite happened."-  I like that statement.  Chloe Levine had nothing to lose from implanting adult stem cells and everything to gain. And it paid off!  - DM

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