The parents of 4 year old Apratim Dey Singha of Kolkata, India, stored their son's cord blood stem cells at birth. They have now used Apratim's cord blood sample in a clinical trial to help treat his autism.
Five-year-old Sun Lexuan, from China, is critically ill with the rare blood disorder, aplastic anaemia. Her parents made the decision to conceive her younger sister, Sun Yiwei, so that the umbilical cord blood could be used as treatment.
A new and unique study by Stem Cells Translational Medicine shows noticeable improvements in socialisation in children with autism, when they were treated with their own cord blood stem cells.
