Korean Team Demonstrates Success of Cerebral Palsy Treatment [Arirang News] – Video

Posted: January 19, 2013 at 9:42 am




Korean Team Demonstrates Success of Cerebral Palsy Treatment [Arirang News]
A Korean medical team has succeeded in treating children with cerebral palsy... using the umbilical cord blood of another person. It #39;s the first time in history the treatment has been proven. Arirang #39;s Hwang Ji-hye has the details. A Korean medical team... has had the first success with a treatment for cerebral palsy that uses the umbilical cord blood of a person other than the patient. The blood, which is rich in stem cells,... is what remains in the vein of the umbilical cord... and placenta at birth. The team is led by Doctor Kim Min-young of Bundang CHA Hospital. In their study of 31 patients suffering from cerebral palsy... all 31 patients showed improvement... six months after receiving injections of umbilical cord blood... from 31 other patients... over the course of five months... beginning in May 2010. The team added... that the patients #39; athletic and cognitive abilities have also improved. Cerebral palsy is a devastating disability acquired in early childhood... that affects 10-thousand children worldwide every year. The disability results in lifelong motor and cognitive functional deficits. Patients with cerebral palsy were previously treated with stem cells from their own cord blood, but not all patients have this. The medical team says the results are promising and believe the study will give hope to cerebral palsy patients. Hwang Ji-hye, Arirang News. * For more information - Arirang Homepage: http://www.arirang.co.kr - Arirang World Official Facebook Page www ...

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