CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Sat. Feb. 26 2011
Parents of a little girl with cerebral palsy say they plan to seek out an experimental stem-cell treatment for their daughter south of the border. Langley, B.C., resident Nicole Morris gave birth to twin girls, Kaylee and Savannah, two-and-a-half years ago. Born premature, Savannah developed a brain injury from lack of oxygen that left her with cerebral palsy.Now Savannah's parents say they want to try the experimental therapy they hope will make her move normally, opting to pay thousands of dollars to receive the treatment that has yet to be proven in clinical trials. "I want Savannah to walk so bad," Morris said. "That is more important than anything else."
Two years ago, a study at Duke University gave umbilical cord stem cells to another young cerebral palsy patient named Dallas Hextell. Researchers hypothesized that the stem cells would migrate to his brain and might help repair damage.Within five days of the infusion Dallas began to say words. Two years later, he's starting swimming lessons and playing soccer.
A pair of studies are now underway in the U.S. to shed more light on whether stem cells can indeed help children with cerebral palsy.
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