I was sent this video by another autism mom. I have never watched the show, The Doctors, but on this show is a little boy who had cerebral palsy. He participated in a stem cell transplant research study, and he has recovered.
We banked Liberty's cord blood at birth and pay $50 a year for storage. You may have seen the cord blood kits which are very popular to give at a baby shower now.
It used to be that you could not find a doctor to use the stem cells unless you went to Costa Rica. Even Dr. Bock was impressed that we had the cells, though he said we would have to wait for technology to catch up.
Perhaps technology is catching up faster than we thought. I have no idea about the red tape involved, but I am sure there has been plenty. But, now, with a new president and new research, we might be able to use Lib's cord blood by participating in a study.
Who knows what the implications are for neurological injury with the use of stem cells? I'm sure you remember the late Christopher Reeve who advocated stem cell study, along with Michael J. Fox.
Here's the video. I thought it was exciting enough to share here on the blog.
2 comments:
I wonder what the implications for autism are?
We banked both kid's cord blood.
Michelle,
What I should have said in the post was that before I saw this video, it must have been at least a year ago, there were films of children with autism recovering by stem cell transplants or injection (I don't know the exact process) and it was all in done in Costa Rica. If it was brought up at the DAN conferences, I would think there is a good possibility that it might turn out to be a plauible route one of these days. I have always thought I banked the cord blood for a reason. Also, other members of the family can use the cord blood, and there was one incident where a little boy used his brother's stem cells to recover from cancer.
It's all very exciting, the age we are moving into technology-wise.
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