Source: Timeslive
All Chanaé Pillay wants for her seventh birthday in five days’ time is an opportunity to “do all the stuff my baby sister and most kids can, like sit on her own in the swing, play in the pool and walk on the sand on the beach”.
Pillay, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was a year old, has a chance to have her condition treated after being accepted as a candidate for controversial and costly stem cell therapy in China.
The little girl from Pinetown cannot walk and has trouble holding her head up and using her hands.
Her family received a letter from the Shenzhen Beike Biotechnology Centre that said she was a candidate for treatment. The company prepares various types of stem cells to treat serious medical conditions. Read the rest of this entry »




