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Welcome to China Stem Cell News

Our website is dedicated to providing you with up-to-date and on-target information about adult stem cells, research and current treatments available in China. We help match patients to providers in China. Bookmark this page and check back regularly for updates!

 


Content Update for June

Check out Tatyana's ROP video!

23 June Update: Watch a brief introduction to Tatyana's story here or here. The longer interview is still available here

Tatyana Larbi came to Qingdao Chengyang People's Hospital in February of 2009 to receive umbilical cord blood stem cell treatments.  Tatyana was born four months premature, resulting in ROP, or retinopathy of prematurity.  She developed retina detachment, scar tissue in her eyes, and was left with limited light perception.  If you'd like to follow her story, you can find her video posted here.  Tatyana's mother discusses her condition and the quality of life changes she is hoping to see in her daughter. 

 

 


 

 

Dakota Clarke's Video is up now!

If you've been following Dakota's story or are interested in seeing her and hearing her mother discuss their trip to China you can check out the new video posted here. Dakota has septo-optic dysplasia, hypopituitarism, diabetes insipidus and several other issues that keep her and her family very busy keeping her alive. Toward that end they traveled to Qingdao for stem cell therapy. 

 

 

US President Obama has made a big impact on patient's access to adult stem cell therapy. By removing the ban on embryonic research the world seems to feel it safe to see what's really going on. And China's got it going on. 

We have instructions on how to get to a "Medical Awareness in the Park" event on June 13th in Denver with StemCellAware, an advocacy group for stem cell patients traveling outside their borders for treatment.

 

Jeff Blank's Fight Against Ataxia - Cooking shows and restaurant management are serious struggles enough when not facing hereditary Ataxia. Jeff returned to China for a second round of stem cell therapy to combat the neuro-degenerative condition.  

Adult Stem Cells in the International Press

Autumn Dunbar is currently receiving treatment in Qingdao for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Joshua Clark recently returned home from Hangzhou, China.

Michael Conner just returned home.  You can read up on him here and here.  

Arjay Wiles traveled to China for stem cell treatment.  Read more about him here.

 

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Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) with South Africa's Shirdesh Singh - Video and Patient Experience

Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes with Australia's Kevin Maxwell - Video and Patient Experience

"...like it's your child's first step, first word, first tooth all rolled into one and the same day you win the lottery." Darren Clarke, describing Dakota's treatment

 

Featured Patient Blogs:

Kyle Knopes is currently at Qingdao's Chengyang People's Hospital, and he's already seen improvement!  

Read about Fletcher, he came to China to treat his spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. 

Another pioneer with ROP, Gabriel has already seen quality of life improvements.

 

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Last Updated on Thursday, 25 June 2009 10:09
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Hope for Hallie Print E-mail
Friday, 05 June 2009 16:56

 

Source: Mile High News

 

Blind toddler could gain sight after overseas operation           

Hallie Kemp rummaged around in her play kitchen, offering a tiny toy spatula from the sink overflowing with miniature pots and pans.

"Hallie's spatula!" the 2-year-old announced proudly.

Hallie loves playing with toys that make noise, light up or have interesting textures, and when she hears a song, she can't help but bob and dance along.

Music, light and texture are Hallie's major learning tools. The toddler is legally blind because of an underdeveloped optic nerve and can only see some light from her peripheral vision.

Although her parents, Katie and Adam Kemp, have started labeling Hallie's favorite things in Braille, the couple hopes one day Hallie won't have to rely on touch and hearing to live her life. One trip to Thailand for stem cell therapy could improve Hallie's sight enough to look her parents in the eyes or one day even drive to her high school homecoming dance.

Last Updated on Friday, 05 June 2009 17:03
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Families turn to China for Cerebral Palsy Treatment Print E-mail
Cerebral Palsy
Thursday, 11 June 2009 11:02

 

Source: The Ledger     

 

See Gryphon's blog to see how he is getting along with the treatment.

 

Even with the recent change in policy concerning stem cell therapy in the United States, two Californian families have their sights set on China as they seek treatment for their children’s cerebral palsy. Both Gryphon Klomp, who can not walk or hold a spoon, and Brooke Schmidt-Jordan’s parents are hoping that the experience of doctor’s abroad will help improve the quality of life for their two-year-olds.


“I’m very frustrated that it took Obama getting into office to even look at stem cell treatments,” Jennifer Schmidt said. “The United States is 20 years behind China.”


As stem cell treatments were put on ice by the Bush administration, doctors abroad, including those at the Beike Biotechnology partner hospital in Hangzhou, China, have pushed the science to new heights. The first use of Beike stem cells came in 2001. With clinical trials still needed in the United States the families are not willing to wait while their children suffer.

Last Updated on Friday, 12 June 2009 17:20
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Amazing Girl Raises Money for Brother's Chance at Sight Print E-mail
Wednesday, 03 June 2009 16:52

 

Source: Breaking News

 

In a story as sweet as the drinks she is peddling, each cup 8-year-old Brianna Bermudez sells from her lemonade stand goes to raise money for her brother’s stem cell treatment in a Beike Biotechnology partnered hospital in China.


“I just made it for him because he needed an operation,” Bermudez said.
 
Bermudez’s brother, 8-month-old Bryce Mastrototaro, has Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH) and is currently rendered legally blind as his condition results in an underdeveloped optic nerve which interferes with transmission of visual signals to his brain.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 June 2009 17:08
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Stem cell treatment: Let there be sight Print E-mail
Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Friday, 08 May 2009 15:47

Source: SUN-TIMES NEWS GROUP

 

By WYNN KOEBEL FOSTER

 

If seeing is believing, Elmwood Park residents Heather Pelletier and her 8-year-old daughter, Hayley, qualify as stem cells' most fervent converts. The stem cell treatments Hayley had are controversial. But the success she experienced is hard to discount.

 

Hayley had been legally blind since birth, afflicted with optic nerve hypoplasia, or ONH, a leading cause of blindness in children. Her optic nerves, which transmit visual signals from her eyes to her brain, were underdeveloped. She could see only light with her left eye, not much more with her right -- objects at 20 feet that a child with normal vision can see at 2,200 feet.

 

Last fall, Hayley, then a first-grader at Salt Creek Primary School in Elmhurst, was learning to walk with a cane and to read Braille. Doctors told Peletier no medications or treatments were available for her daughter's condition. Then, in August, Pelletier stumbled onto the Web site for the Schepens Eye Research Institute at Harvard University.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 May 2009 14:48
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Sight to Behold Print E-mail
Septo-Optic Dysplasia
Sunday, 22 February 2009 17:03

Source: Belfast Telegraph

By John McGurk

It's the beautiful day a local mum and dad only dared to dream about before — their little blind daughter being able to SEE.

Remarkable Dakota Clarke has emerged from a lifetime of darkness and is stepping into the light of a new life of sight

There were tears of happiness and jumps for joy, as the loveable Newtownabbey girl stunned staff at a hospital in China, by seeing around two feet in front of her — for the first time.

Dakota, who will celebrate her third birthday on April, was born with an ultra rare brain condition, called Septo-optic Dysplasia, which caused blindness and a number of other serious problems, including hormone deficiencies and low muscle tone.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 16:09
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