Adult stem cells cure child of sickle cell
anemia
Research using adult stem cells has saved the life of a Texas boy
suffering from sickle cell anemia.
Dallas-area residents Joe and Darlene Davis welcomed the news of a
pregnancy and later the birth of their first son. Texas Alliance for
Life recorded an interview with the couple.
"I was very excited to find that I had a son -- but finding out that he
had sickle cell anemia, as a nurse I knew there was going to be a lot
of problems associated with that disease," Joe said.
"The child can have strokes," Darlene also noted. "It can stunt his
growth and damage some organs, and the child can die at an early age --
age 15 maybe or earlier."
Stem cell therapy was the key, and when the Davises received news of a
new pregnancy and the birth of another son, they were elated because
stem cells from the new baby's umbilical cord could be used to help
their ailing firstborn.
"[Cells from] Isaac's umbilical cord blood, adult stem cells, [were]
going to save my son's life, and that adult stem cell got my son cured
today. He is healed," Darlene adds. "What I'm talking about is no more
sickle cell, no more running to the hospital, no more fevers, no more
blood transfusion. He's a healthy child today."
Research shows adult stem cells are now being used to treat well over
70 diseases and medical conditions, while research using embryonic stem
cells -- which requires killing of a human embryo -- has produced no
results.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
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Date: May 28, 2009
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