Some Coloradans Find Hope in Stem Cell Treatment

DENVER -

Stan Glees owns Stella’s Coffee House on South Pearl Street, but today his claim to fame had to do with his granddaughter and the fact that she was born blind. He has heard the government talk about stem cell therapy for treating blindness but because it’s hitting so close to home, he set up a forum that brought together some of the top experts on the subject in the nation. Also at the Platte Valley Rec Center were folks who are looking at stem cell treatment to help them with a variety of medical dilemmas.

We first told you about Kyle Turrean’s severed spinal cord back in May of 2007. He is a personal trainer who was paralyzed from the belly button down, but now following two trips to Costa Rica and injections with umbilical cord –not embryonic–stem cell treatment he has been getting feeling back in the lower part of his body.

“I can now feel my feet getting