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Brain Damage
Child with Brain Injury Due to Shattered Skull will Travel to China for Stem Cells
Lancaster Farming
April 28, 2007
After three years of countless therapies, daily care, and even the addition of a baby sister to the family, Tom and Mandy haven’t given up hope that their 6-year-old son will someday walk and talk again. Mandy explained that stem cells are harvested, with permission, from the umbilical cords of healthy full-term babies whose mothers have chosen to donate the cords. The procedure requires Mandy, Jonny and a nurse to remain in China from May 30 to July 3.
Female Enhancement, Adult Stem Cells Stay Abreast of the Situation
Daily Mail
February 12, 2007
Yesterday, a ground-breaking stem cell treatment allowed women to create their own breast implants. Unlike the synthetic implants that are used by Hollywood stars, the outcome from the stem cells produce in a more natural appearance. Women who have undergone the procedure say they have had no problems, and the Japanese research team responsible has carried out trials on dozens of women.
Stem Cell Therapy for Boy After Near Drowning Leaves Him in Vegetative State
Northwest Florida Daily News
February 5, 2007
After becoming intoxicated at a beach party with other teens, the then fourteen year old Michael drowned. He was resuscitated but the damage was done. Extensive brain damage occurred when he went without oxygen for a period between 10 and 30 minutes. In late November, doctor’s injected stem cells several times into his bloodstream and spine while his father sat hoping for positive results in a Chinese hospital.
Brain Damaged Teen Heads to China for Stem Cells
The Daily Herald
January 3, 2007
Tori was left with brain damage in June of 2005 at the age of 15, due to a car accident and near drowning. Ranging from hyperbaric oxygen treatment to physical therapy, Tori’s parents Tim and Maria, and tried a variety of treatments for the past year and a half. But Tori will fly to China on January 10th, to under go stem cell treatment over the course of 32 days. Online research led to the family’s discovery of the treatment possibility overseas.
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