Source: Timeslive

When Shelindra Baros was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at the age of five, medical experts told his mother he would not live to be 20.

LOOKING UP: Shelindra Baros is positive stem-cell therapy can offer him a new life Picture: ROGAN WARD

Now, at 35, Baros is hoping stem-cell therapy can help him regain the use of his legs and arms.

Spinal muscular atrophy is a degenerative disorder that slowly weakens the body’s muscles.

Baros, who has been restricted to a wheel-chair since he was 13, has been selected as a candidate for stem-cell therapy at the Shenzhen Beike Biotechnology Institute in China. Read the rest of this entry »

Source: candgnews

Family says stem cell transplant will give adoptive son sight

By Julie Snyder
C & G Staff Writer

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Kaden Strek is a happy 6-year-old boy.

He enjoys spending time with his family, laughing at his sister Hailey, playing with baby sister Teagan, and attending school, where he receives therapy that’s making him stronger every day. Read the rest of this entry »

Source: Kypost

LOVELAND, Ohio — Elmer and Kristen Latchford met in 2005, fell in love in 2007, then had a baby by 2009.

Emmalyn Kae Latchford was born on July 12, 2009. It was two months later they knew something wasn’t right.

“She wasn’t really looking at us and holding a stare like a normal baby would. Her eyes were always moving around and wandering and they bounced,” said Kristen. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »