In July, I posted a story about Granton Bayless, the "bubble" baby suffering from severe combined immunodeficiency in Kansas City, who had just received a cord blood transplant that initially improved him that he was able to leave the ICU at the hospital.

Now, a couple months later, I am very happy to find out that the Repair (Adult) Stem Cells had helped Granton so much, that he is now out of the hospital!  It seems Granton isn't out of the woods yet, he and his family will remain in a sanitized apartment at the Ronald McDonald house for a couple of months to allow his immune cells to mature more, but it looks very promising.

Cord blood stem cells or a bone marrow transplant are believed to be the only cure for severe combined immunodeficiency.

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Despite the dreary gray weather, Thursday turned into one of the brightest days so far in the life of tiny Granton Bayless.

Eleven-month-old Granton rolled out Children's Mercy Hospital's front door in a bright blue wagon wearing the cowboy boots his parents bought months ago in hopes that this day would happen.

The Bolivar, Mo., infant was born with a rare condition severe combined immunodeficiency that prevents his body from producing enough T cells to fight off disease.

The condition often is referred to as the “bubble boy disease because its victims are so vulnerable to infectious diseases that some must live in protective bubbles. Experts estimate that it occurs once in every 500,000 births. The cure is either a bone-marrow or a cord-blood transplant.

What made Granton's recovery remarkable was how gravely ill he was when he underwent a cord-blood transplant June 10. At the time, the baby was on a ventilator fighting multiple infections.

As you may have suspected, his mother and father were thrilled:

“It's feels wonderful, Jenni Bayless said. “It feels awesome.

Click here to read this fantastic story

And you can read the Bayless family's blog about their son

I first posted on how adult stem cell therapy had helped Matthew Faiella's autism back in June.  Now, about 3 months later, I wanted to check back in and see how Matthew, age 7 or 8,  and his loving parents were doing.

I really like their blog not only because it promotes the benefits of Repair (adult) Stem Cells, but because the blog conveys how much love the parents (Ruth and Daniel) have for their son.  Even though I am in my mid 70s, I can still find a soft spot in my heart for a loving family such as the Faiella family.

A short summary- the Faiella family have been to Costa Rica twice for adult stem cell therapy for their autistic son Matthew.  And they credit the adult stem cells (along with hyperbaric oxygen and cranial electrical stimulation) for helping improve Matthew's autism.

Here is the latest update on Matthew:
Since doing the first treatment with Adult Stem Cells, Matthew has been more interested in reading. Since the second treatment, he is much more proficient.

Before Adult Stem Cells....Matthew had immense trouble understanding, had a love/fear relationship with the water; due to his inability to swim.

After Adult Stem Cells....Matthew is beginning to understand, his receptive language improves daily. He taught himself how to swim just days after returning from Costa Rica and now doesn't fear swimming in the deep end of the pool.

Go take a look at their blog here, you will be happy you did!

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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Repair Stem Cell Institute Chairman-  that's me- Don Margolis!  I was just interviewed by The Wall Street Transcript (TWST)about my views on adult stem cells (aka Repair Stem Cells) and embryonic stem cells and how they both fit (or in the case of embryonic stem cells, don't fit) in the scheme of things in the world of investment.

The full interview is only available to  TWST subscribers (Sorry, I gave them my word).  However, I can share our press release regarding this interview:

According to Mr. Margolis, stem cell research companies that store
umbilical cord blood cells for future use will have "the best shot at
making the first profits once the public becomes aware how well these stem
cells work." The RSCI Chairman is the founder of TheraVitae, the first stem
cell company in the world to successfully treat dying heart patients with
Repair Stem Cells.

Update:  Early November 2008, Happily, I was wrong.  Osiris just received $130 million of what can potentially be 1.3 billion.

Among the other predictions Mr. Margolis made in this TWST financial
news interview were the following:

-- Wall Street has been discounting Embryonic Stem Cell (ESC) company
stocks from 2004 through this summer when these stocks hit new lows;

-- There are 2100 Adult Stem Cell clinical trials listed at
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov right now "for more diseases than I can count" said
Margolis, "and these clinical trials means two things: First, thousands and
thousands of human beings either have been treated, will be treated, or are
being treated in these clinical trials by the only stem cells with a chance
to improve their lives. Second, many powerful financial and investment
leaders are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fund these trials.
They know that Repair Stem Cells are the future of medicine."

-- Margolis stated that "Embryonic Stem Cell (ESC) clinical trials are
somewhere in the distant future, waiting for someone to discover an ESC
which can be safely implanted into a human being." Six such attempts can be
found at http://www.clinicaltrials.gov, but no treatments are even being
considered.

I have more good stuff in the press release--

Click here to see the full press release on this fresh interview on stem cell profits

4 year old, Taja Harris, a  girl suffering from Leukemia could NOT find a matching donor for a possible bone marrow stem cell transplant that would save her life. Her mother, Jo Ann didn't have many options to save her, but she did have one-JoAnn decided to get pregnant to see if she can make a match with the resulting stem cells from the umbilical cord of her new child.

It worked! And it was a perfect match! Right after her brother's Adyn's birth, the cord blood which is rich in stem cells, was taken from the severed umbilical cord and later implanted into Taja in the first sibling cord blood transplant in Hawaiian history.

That was 3 years ago. Let's see how Taja is doing now:

Taja, now a healthy and happy 7-year-old, loves to run, tumble and play with her older sister and younger brother, now 2, whose blood DNA she shares.

"She is doing wonderfully," said Dr. Kelley Woodruff, pediatric hematologist oncologist. "There's still no evidence that the cancer has come back. ... She's a delight.

"I expect her to live until old age and healthy and cancer-free," said Woodruff, who performed the transplant.

"It was like a new life was born with the baby being born, and Taja was given new life," she recalled.

And here is a brief summary of how the stem cell treatment works:

Taja received high doses of chemotherapy, which killed off her own bone marrow and stem cells. When she was infused with the cord blood, the stem cells, like homing pigeons, went to the bone marrow and remained there to create new blood cells and will remain her whole life to keep propagating new blood cells. Now Taja shares her brother's blood DNA, even having XY cells because they are from a boy.

Jo Ann hopes that her family's story will encourage other women to donate cord blood. "For every one that's thrown out, that's a life that could have been saved," she said.

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