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Stem Cell Research Benefits Optic Nerve Hypoplasia Patient

Another young girl with optic nerve hypoplasia is reporting improvements in her vision after receiving stem cell treatment.  Lilli Mann, 8, from North Dakota is now seeing things she has never seen before after getting stem cell research in China using cord blood stem cells.

The Only Viable Treatment For ONH

Lilli is the latest child to show improvements in her vision following the therapy and research Optic nerve hypoplasia or ONH is a genetic condition in which the optic nerve fails to develop leaving the patient blind or with very limited vision.  Until adult stem cells, there was no way to help these patients.   Adult Stem Cell treatment is the first viable therapy for this condition as many children have proved.

Before Receiving Adult Stem Cells

1. Could Only See Large Letters From 15 cm away on Eye Exam
2. Could Only Listen To TV
3. Never Saw Snow

After The Stem Cell Treatment

1. Now Can See Large Letters From 60 cm away on Eye Exam -  Quadruple Improvement!
2. Can Now Watch TV
3. Saw snow for the first time as well as countless other things she never had the opportunity to see

From the stem cell news story:

Lilli, born with optic nerve hypoplasia, an incurable disease which occurs while in the womb, traveled to Qingdao, China, with her mother in September to receive stem cell injections said to repair damaged nerve tissue. Although the 25-day visit was difficult and full of treatments and therapies brand new to Lilli, for the Manns the results are thrilling.

Lilli was particularly thrilled to be able to read large print. During an eye test, Christi indicated doctors determined Lilli was seeing large letters from 60 centimeters away, when at home, prior to the treatment, she was seeing them at 15 centimeters away.

Now that she has returned to Wahpeton, Lilli's improved range of vision continues at home and in the classroom. She's pointed out to her parents' cars parked an average of two parking lots away. Christi said she's even been able to identify the car's color.

In school, Lilli is able to participate in games of kickball in gym class, where they use a purple ball she's able to identify.

Stem cells are meant to work as an "internal repair system" that mature between six and nine months of being injected. While the Manns hope for improvement beyond what Lilli has gone through to date, she'll always maintain what advances she's made because of her visit to China.

Christi first began to see a change in Lilli during outings to the mall being built across the street from the hospital in Qingdao.

"We went there everyday to get out and do something," Christi said. "She'd find things on the wall and ask what they were."

Quality of Life Improvements From Adult Stem Cells

Another quality of life improvement thanks to adult stem cells.  Since the therapy was made available, many youngsters like Macie Morse, the young girl from Colorado with ONH who can now drive after the stem cell research and treatment and Lawrence Brown, a young man from Texas who also has improved greatly.

If you are interested in stem cell treatment for ONH or some other disease or condition, please go to Adult Stem Cell Research  and fill out the form and we will be happy to assist you. 

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Singapore Enters World of Stem Cell Research And Treatment

Singapore has just become the latest country to utilize stem cell research using adult stem cells.  A young girl with cerebral palsy is reporting improvement after receiving her own cord blood stem cells which were saved at birth from her umbilical cord.  Georgia Conn, 2 1/2 years old, is believed to be the first child treated in Singapore with her own stem cells.

Georgia- First Child In Singapore To Receive Adult Stem Cell Treatment

Stem Cell Treatment Repairs Brain - No Side Effects

Before the stem cell treatment, due to a brain injury at birth, Georgia would suffer more than 50 seizures per day.  Now, thanks to the injection of her own stem cells, Georgia suffers less seizures, has more muscle strength and can sit more than a hour without pain. 

From the stem cell news article:

Mrs Conn, who had an easy pregnancy, said that they signed up to bank cord blood with private blood bank CordLife a week before Georgia was born.

They never thought they would have to use it.

"It took us over 18 months and an enormous amount of research to find information about the potential for using stem cells, if any, and especially using a child's own cord blood to help children with cerebral palsy," said Mrs Conn.

Dr. Keith Goh - Stem Cell Pioneer in Singapore

Georgia was treated by Singapore neurosurgeon and stem cell pioneer, Dr. Keith Goh.  Dr. Goh says " Conventional treatment can improve the muscle tone of the limbs, but it does not solve the root problem of damage in the brain, which controls the body's motor functions.  Injecting cord blood into the patient is believed to result in a significant portion of stem cells going to the brain to repair the damaged neurons."

Stem Cell Therapy For All - Whether You Saved the Cord Blood Stem Cells Or Not

This stem cell treatment is also available in the United States at Duke University where doctors are treating cerebral palsy kids, but only for the children whose parents have stored their own cord blood at birth.  See more on this stem cell research here and here

However, if your child has cerebral palsy, and you didn't save his/her cord blood at birth, please don't think that disqualifies your child from stem cell therapy.   We have seen kids and adults with CP who have improved either using their own adult stem cells taken from their bone marrow  and we also have seen many with cerebral palsy who have been helped from the use of donated cord blood from other children.

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Septo-Optic Dysplasia Is Treatable Now - With Adult Stem Cells

A young girl with Septo-Optic Dysplasia (SOD) can see for the first time after receiving stem cell treatment using cord blood stem cells.  Scarlett Birkmire, 3, from Maryland is further proof that people with Septo-Optic Dysplasia and Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH) can be helped with adult stem cells.  Previously, before this stem cell therapy was available, people with these conditions were told by their doctors that "there is nothing that can be done" for their child.

Optic Nerve Hypoplasia and Septo-Optic Dysplasia Helped By Stem Cell Treatment

Scarlett's mother, Rachel first read about a new treatment for optic nerve hypoplasia and septo-optic dysplasia about 1 year ago using adult stem cells in China.  She did plenty of research and contacted multiple families who had previously been to China for the same disease and therapy. 

What Is Septo-Optic Dysplasia?

SOD and ONH are conditions in which the optic nerve fails to develop thus leaving the person blind or with severely limited vision.  Before this stem cell treatment in China was available, there was nothing that doctors could do to help.  Since the therapy was made available, many youngsters like Macie Morse, the young girl from Colorado with ONH who can now drive after the stem cell research and treatment and Lawrence Brown, a young man from Texas who also has improved greatly.

From the stem cell news article:

Two days after the first treatment, Birkmire and her mother noticed that when they went outside, Scarlett would shield her eyes, indicating to them she had light perception. "When we would go for a walk, she was looking up and around instead of looking down," which she typically would do. "She recognized when lights would turn on and off." Scarlett also became fascinated with a child's MP3 player with a small blinking blue light, holding the blinking light up to her eye for long periods of time.

"We spent so much time testing her, to see what she could do and couldn't do," Birkmire said, noting they videotaped some of Scarlett's reactions. "Movement was the next thing we noticed. I started to wave at her; now she waves to herself." Scarlett's crawling improved "because she had a purpose to moving. When you do things like put a toy somewhere, without making any sound or mentioning it, and she finds it ... it's impressive."

Birkmire said there were a lot of emotional moments during their 36-day stay in Qingdao.

Since returning home, Birkmire said Scarlett is a bit more active and has wanted to eat more. Until recently, Scarlett was on a liquid diet. Now she can eat pureed table food, similar to stage 2 or 3 baby foods. "In stores, she reaches for items on shelves, which she never did before. If it's within 2 feet, without hesitation, she finds what she wants."

Remaining optimistic, Birkmire knows it's difficult to test or assess just what level of vision Scarlett may have. Before treatment, Scarlett's right eye "wandered a lot. Now she can focus and (her eyes) can move simultaneously, something impossible for her to do before," Birkmire said, something Scarlett's ophthalmologist also observed during a recent eye exam.

Others Helped By Stem Cell Research Using Cord Blood Stem Cells

Others with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia or Septo-optic Dysplasia who have had similar stem cell success stories are Hayley Pelletier 

Hayley's mother says : It's been incredible," Pelletier said. "Basically, her whole quality of life was just bumped up 110 percent. She's so much happier.

Among many others, there is also Cameron Petersen.  Cameron's grandmother says :

By the third treatment, Cameron was standing on his own and crawling toward objects -- simple tasks he couldn't do before. Now, family members say he can see at least 10 feet, and is attending school.

"Cameron has made huge improvements," said Carol Petersen, the boy's grandmother. "There was nothing for Cameron before this treatment. Now, his world is limitless."

USA Protecting The Blind From Stem Cell Treatment

What is sad is that all these children have to go to China to get help.  The doctors in the USA will tell them there is nothing they can do and try to "protect" them from the new treatment in China by telling them it is unproven.  However, the only thing this accomplishes is to protect them from improving their eyesight.  Until the United States starts treating patients with adult stem cells, these kids will have to go to China and other foreign countries to get the right therapy to improve their quality of life.

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Stem Cell Research Responsible For Cure of Thalasemmia

A young child has been cured of his Thalasemmia after having a stem cell transplant taken from donated umbilical cord blood (adult stem cells).  Just two months ago, Harshil Nanda had B positive blood and a severe case of Thalasemmia.  Now, 2 months later, after the cord blood stem cells were implanted, Harshil has A + positive blood and no signs of Thalasemmia.

Stem Cell Transplant Changed His Blood Type

In other words, the cord blood stem cells "took over" his blood and changed his blood type completely.  The good folks at the Gujarat Cancer Research Institute (GCRI) are responsible for this success.  According to them, this was the second stem cell transplant they did using cord blood stem cells from unrelated donors to cure Thalasemmia.

From the stem cell article:

“This means that unrelated umbilical stem cell transplant can be termed as an established treatment. As they say, first success could be luck but second is science,” said director of bone marrow transplant department at GCRI Dr Sandip A Shah. The transplant was assisted by Dr Kinnari Patel and Dr Kamlesh Shah.

The first success story was of Rishi, a thalassemic major child from Kutch, who was cured by umbilical cord stem cells transplanted from an unrelated donor as he did not have siblings. Harshil is also the only child of his parents.

“While it took three months in Rishi for the donor blood cells to completely take over and change his blood group, Harshil has recovered within two months,” said Dr Shah.

Cord Blood Stem Cells Give Patients A New Option

This is more good news about stem cell research for Thalasemmia.  Before, a bone marrow transplant from a matching donor was the only cure for this terrible disease.  However, finding a matching donor is very difficult.  Now, with donated umbilical cord blood stem cells available, this will increase the chances of Thalasemmia patients getting a stem cell transplant that would most likely save their life.

More Stem Cell Pioneers

We previously featured this young girl, a stem cell pioneer who was cured of her Thalasemmia after receiving cord blood stem cells taken from her newborn brother's umbilical cord. 

Stem Cell Treatment Information

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Stem Cell Research Results In Muscular Dystrophy Treatment

In the latest victory for stem cell research, patients with Muscular Dystrophy have shown improvements after being implanted with adult stem cells.  Very recently, it was widely believed that Muscular Dystrophy or MD was even beyond the reach of stem cell therapy.  However, the good folks at ICM and MediStem led by Dr. Thomas Ichim and Dr. Neil Riordan are now changing the landscape of medicine as we know it.  They are proving once again that one should never say never in regards to the power of the adult stem cell.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Helped By Adult Stem Cells

Ryan Benton, 23 years old, was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy when he was very young.  Most people with Duchenne MD don't live past their 20's.  The disease had ravaged Ryan's muscles and had severely weakened him.  Luckily, Ryan's parents had grown up with Dr. Neil Riordan in Wichita and had a connection.  With nothing to lose and everything to gain, they traveled to Costa Rica where Dr. Riordan has set up his institute (and now in Panama too).

Dystrophen Levels Increase From Stem Cell Therapy

Ryan was the first MD patient to be treated  at the clinic.  His therapy consisted of him being injected with adult stem cells from donated umbilical cord blood.  No embryonic or placental stem cells were used! The doctors injected the cord blood stem cells into muscles all over his body- in 46 different places to be exact.  The results?  Incredible.

Before the Stem Cells:

1. Ryan's Dystrophen levels were between 0-5.  This is "normal" for a Muscular Dystrophy patient, but normally a person's dystrophen level should be between 50-100.
2. Lack of balance and endurance
3. Muscles had wasted away

After The Treatment:

1. Ryan's Dystrophen levels are normal-- NORMAL for a person without Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy or MD!
2. Ryan's balance has improved and he doesn't get tired as easily.  He says he feels healthier.
3. Ryan has gained 30 lbs of muscle back

From the stem cell news article:

Dr. Riordan says he had already seen people with multiple sclerosis and spinal chord injuries drastically improve with his adult stem cell treatments but now--he sees great hope for MD patients has well.a

Since Ryan, three more MD patients have been treated at Dr. Riordan's clinic. They also report that they are seeing improvements. Dr. Riordan says he has not charged them or their families a dime because he says it is all about advancing the science to find a cure.

Stem Cell Pioneers

Bravo to Ryan and Dr. Riordan as they are true stem cell pioneers, each in their own unique way.  Ryan, for not giving up and being the first Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patient to go to Costa Rica for the treatment and Dr. Riordan, for constantly coming up with new ideas and innovations in the stem cell research forum of medicine.

ISSCR Shame

It really is a shame that Ryan and Dr. Riordan have to go to Costa Rica to probably save Ryan's life. If there was no clinic in Costa Rica, Ryan would have no hope and no possible stem cell treatment and then almost surely death. Shame on Dr. Irving Weissman and his cronies at the ISSCR who would have given Ryan no hope and no treatment if it was up to them.

Treatment Information

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