4MyChild: Help and Hope for Life

May 15, 2007

Stem Cells: Revolutionary Treatment for Cerebral Palsy?

China stem cell hopes for cerebral palsy girl
A British couple are hoping to send their eight-year-old daughter to China for revolutionary treatment for cerebral palsy, they said yesterday.

Kishor Tahiliani and his wife, Priti, plan to raise £18,000 for stem cell injections that they believe will give their daughter, Vaishnavi, known as Shonia, a more normal life.

The treatment is not yet available in the UK but a hospital in China has made a breakthrough in treating cerebral palsy. The procedure involves injecting stem cells into the spinal cord fluid. The stem cells then flow directly into the brain.

The treatment at Tiantan Puhua Neurosurgical Hospital in Beijing has already helped 19-year-old Gabor Bocskai from Hungary to walk, sit up, swim, concentrate for longer, see better and speak.

Mr Tahiliani, 34, who works in hotel management, said: “This is the best treatment for her. There are cerebral palsy children who were totally blind and now they can see, that’s in Mexico.”

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