Doctors believe that the stem cell
transplantation idea has a great potential.Stem cell transplants
tested on animals have shown that mature stem cells from the bone
marrow will move to the site of brain injury.
Medical Researchers are working hard to
determine if stem cell transplants can help cure cerebral palsied
children.
Cerebral palsy is a result of brain damage or
abridgement of oxygen in the brain afore or during the birth. A
person affected with cerebral palsy normally has slow development,
delay in movement skills, learning, hearing, and other such
disabilities. According to the Centers for Disease Control, two to
three Children in 1,000 are affected with cerebral palsy.
Normally,
prolonged deliveries can result in lack of oxygen in the brain
resulting in permanent damage of the brain. Doctors and nurses
attending to the delivery should be highly cautions and act as per
the standards of care to make sure that the baby is delivered in
healthy condition. However, according to researchers, in cases of
brain damage due to birth complications, stem cell transplantation
may be able to help repair and restore damaged brain.
Stem
cell transplants tested on animals have shown that mature stem cells
from the bone marrow will move to the site of brain injury. More
research is being carried out to enhance this process in a natural
way. New tests have been carried out on animals where the bone marrow
is removed from one group and transplanted into a different group to
see the effects. The cells from the bone marrow are transplanted into
the vascular system of the other group and monitored to see whether
the transplanted cells will move to the brain and help repair damaged
brain cells as well as make fresh ones. Researchers are observing if
they can transplant the cells into the right place and make the brain
function normally.
Doctors believe that the stem cell
transplantation idea has a great potential and once it is a success,
it will truly be a new milestone in curing cerebral palsy and other
allied.
