{"id":13391,"date":"2020-07-06T12:46:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T10:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurehealthbiobank.com\/ch-en\/?p=13391"},"modified":"2020-07-06T12:46:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T10:46:50","slug":"cord-tissue-stem-cells-transform-the-life-of-autistic-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurehealthbiobank.com\/ch-en\/blog\/cord-tissue-stem-cells-transform-the-life-of-autistic-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cord tissue stem cells transform the life of autistic boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gage, who was conceived by IVF, was born naturally after a full-term pregnancy. His parents chose to delay cord clamping, while taking the additional precaution of banking his cord blood stem cells after birth. However, at six months old, Gage\u2019s mother, Renee, began to worry about his health after noticing some unusual behaviours. Gage\u2019s crawl was asymmetric, he made repetitive movements, and he did not make eye contact.<\/h3>\n

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At first, Gage\u2019s parents noticed he was crawling asymmetrically, made repetitive movement and didn\u2019t make eye contact. By the age of two, he was diagnosed with level 2 Autistic Spectrum Disorder. This meant that he would require substantial support with verbal skills and learning development.<\/p>\n

Determined to help her son in any way possible, Renee threw herself into research on autism and soon came across the possibility of cord blood stem cell therapy. Hoping to use Gage\u2019s own cord blood stem cells that were stored at birth, Renee tried enrolling Gage onto a clinical trial at Duke University<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, they were disappointed to learn that Gage\u2019s sample had been contaminated during storage. It was then that the family turned to mesenchymal stem cells (MSC)<\/a> from donated cord tissue to potentially treat Gage\u2019s autism.<\/p>\n

Near Gage\u2019s third birthday, he received an infusion of MSCs from the Wharton\u2019s Jelly in cord tissue. donated umbilical cord tissue. The experimental therapy took place by Gage\u2019s doctor not far from his home in the USA and was very straight-forward.<\/p>\n

To his parents\u2019 surprise, Gage\u2019s vocabulary increased rapidly following his stem cell therapy and, four more cord tissue MSC infusions later, Gage is now an outgoing and talkative five-year old attending a mainstream school.<\/p>\n

While Gage\u2019s donor stem cell therapy was successful, it is believed that autologous stem cells<\/a> taken from your child\u2019s own cord blood or cord tissue are more effective. So if you\u2019re considering stem cell banking for your child, make sure to choose a well-regulated stem cell bank<\/a> that checks all the samples for common bacteria and contaminations.<\/p>\n

Reference:
\nparentsguidecordblood.org\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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