Posted: Feb 11, 2010 3:56 PM
Updated: Feb 12, 2010 11:58 AM
Summary:
In a TV new segment, KOLD-TV News reports scientists at the Medical College of Georgia will begin the first FDA-approved trial to see if stem cells from umbilical cord blood can improve function in children with cerebral palsy:
The Medical College of Georgia will use cord blood stem cells, the building blocks of the body, to treat 40 children who have cerebral palsy, a type of brain injury. The stem cells come from each child's own cord blood stored here in Tucson when they were born. This is the first Food and Drug Administration-approved clinical trial. The study will include 40 children age 2-12 whose parents have stored cord blood at the Cord Blood Registry in Tucson, Ariz.
