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Family seeks help in China through cord blood stem cell transplant

Friday, October 24th, 2008

The Da Vinci Code movie download Several recent stories about successful cord blood stem cell treatments in children afflicted with cerebral palsy provides hope for other families.
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But, where does a family turn when the cord blood wasn’t banked?

download Anastasia One Missouri family is turning to China. Beike Biotech, a company based in China, supplies adult stem cells for cerebral palsy treatment, and treatment of other diseases. The cord blood is obtained from the Chinese government after it has been collected from umbilical cords in Chinese hospitals. Kirshner Ross-Vaden, a registered nurse and vice president of the foreign patient division of Beike Biotech, said the company has about 40 patients each month who travel to China to receive the treatment.

This treatment is not available in the U.S. and many experts urge caution for these kinds of treatments, even the clinical trials conducted stateside.

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"The data isn’t there at all for cord blood with cerebral palsy," said Mindy Aisen, a physician and director and chief executive officer of the Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation.

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"I would never advise someone to go to China, period, period, period. You’re injecting a mixture of things when injecting cord blood intravenously. It’s not clear if anything is crossing the blood-brain barrier," Aisen said, referring to a barrier of cells that lines the walls of blood vessels in the brain, which can block substances from passing.

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Seattle jury awards millions in childbirth case

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

A Washington state hospital will have to pay the family of a disabled Seattle-area girl with cerebral palsy nearly $4.25 million after a jury determined the hospital’s negligence led to the child’s condition.
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In a statement, attorneys representing the family say the hospital "ignored signs of severe fetal distress and failed to timely notify a doctor." The attorneys say that resulted in the child suffering from asphyxiation for over 20 minutes before an emergency C-section was performed.
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The girl, who is now five-years-old, has cerebral palsy, is brain damaged and severely disabled.
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the cerebral palsy attorney for the family suggests in the statement that the child’s condition could have been prevented if nurses had notified a doctor in time to do a crash C-section.

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The hospital claims that the child’s injuries had already occurred before her mother arrived at the hospital.

New blood test shows defects with no risk to fetus

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

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Running with Scissors movie The test requires only a small blood sample from the mother, whereas the old tests require sticking a needle in the uterus or snipping off a small piece of the placenta for analysis. The old tests are done after the 15th week of pregnancy (with results in two to three weeks). The new blood test can be done very early in a pregnancy at five weeks after conception (with results in a few days).
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While all of the tests look for Down syndrome, other serious chromosomal conditions can be detected by the new test. It can detect the presence of Edward syndrome, a syndrome that occurs in approximately one in 6,000 live births and has a very low rate of survival. Patau syndrome can also be detected with the new test. The condition causes physical and mental abnormalties, especially around the heart. It affects about 1 in 12,000 live births.
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Transmorphers movie download While there are other noninvasive prenatal tests available, such as the ultrasound, they cannot diagnose with certainty. A much larger study of the new test is needed to confirm results, and the test could become widely available in the next two to three years. The current cost is around $700, but that cost will drop considerably if the test becomes widely used.