Toronto Boy Off to China For Cerebral Palsy Stem Cell Therapy!

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I've shown you readers a few stories showing that stem cell treatment can help cerebral palsy.  Check them out here .  Repair Stem Cell treatments for cerebral palsy are available in China, Germany, and Costa Rica.  One day soon, I hope the western world (the United States in particular) will take notice and make it available to all.

The young child's name is Thomas Bourke, and he has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy since he was 1 year old.  The Bourke family have done their research and they decided China was the best place to go for their son's stem cell treatment :

"We are excited at the possibilities and of engaging Thomas in therapy that aims to treat the cause, not just its symptoms," said his mother Linda Canning. "We hope that the treatments that he continues to access following his trip will only reap stronger results."

The family, who lives in the Jane and Annette streets area, decided to seek treatment for Bourke in China because stem cell therapy is not available in Canada or the United States. China, particularly Beike Biotech, the company that runs the operation at several Chinese hospitals, is considered a worldwide leader in providing safe and effective stem cell application for such conditions as spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy, optic nerve hypoplasia and CP, said Canning.

"Many families I have spoken to, whose children have CP, have reported a wide range of restored function, including increased range of movement, muscle coordination, trunk control, balance and speech," she told The Villager.

The decision to seek this cutting-edge therapy was a long and arduous one, but in the end, Canning came to the conclusion that she wanted to provide her son as many opportunities for a better quality of life that she could.-- I commend her for this and think this is a great opportunity.  She did her research well- DM

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