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Stem Cell Research Trial Gives Girl Improvement In Cerebral Palsy
The mother of a Tampa Bay girl says her daughter is 85% cured of her cerebral palsy following her participation in a stem cell research trial at Duke University. The parents of Alyssa Dupuis call it a medical miracle following the implantation of adult stem cells saved from her cord blood at birth.
The treatment took place at a research trial at Duke University for children with cerebral palsy and also who have stored their cord blood at birth. If you have not stored your child's cord blood, the FDA and Duke says you are out of luck and must seek therapy outside the United States.
From the
stem cell news story:
Call it mother's intuition, but years before she had banked Alyssa's umbilical cord blood at birth. “I said to my husband, I said ‘Hey, we may have a shot here to reverse what has happened to Alyssa.’”
The stem cell infusion took only 15 minutes. Back home, the family must report to researchers any changes every 3 months. “Her speech has exploded, unbelievable. She is about what I would consider 85 percent cured from CP. She can walk flatfooted with a leg brace."
The treatment cost about $10,000 - not covered by insurance because its still deemed experimental and the cost to recover and bank those stem cells is also in the thousands of dollars but Andrea says, “When it comes to your child, you'll pay anything."
Stem Cells Helping CP Now
Other patients who have been helped by the research stem cell trial at Duke are
John Centrello, another lad with cerebral palsy. Maia Friedlander, a girl who with her family traveled all the way from New Zealand.
Adult Stem Cells Not Available In United States
If you have not saved your child's cord blood and your child has cerebral palsy, you do have some options, but none involve treatment in the United States. You may have to go for
overseas stem cell treatment . Costa Rica, China, Germany, Mexico, El Salvador are all other options where you can get your child stem cell therapy using either donated cord blood stem cells or your child's own stem cells taken from his bone marrow.