In July United States-based spinal cord injury (SCI) patient Jack Pearce and his wife Ellie traveled to Bangkok, Thailand to document himself receiving adult stem cell treatment combined with an epidural stimulator to dispel or validate these procedures for the SCI community. To do this he worked with the treatment center Better Being Hospital and stem cell ... Read more
Imagine the feeling of slowly losing your balance, feeling weakness in your muscles and increased levels of fatigue. Imagine being told by the doctor that you will be unable to do every day tasks that could be completed so easily. For Juliet Govender, a resident of South Africa, this was a reality. It was 2010 ... Read more
Stem Cell therapy for Cerebral Palsy Patient Flynn Flynn Rigby is a 13-year-old boy from Cairns, Australia who was born 16 weeks premature. His parents noticed that every stage of Flynn’s development was delayed. In particular, his fine motor skills and speech were affected. On consulting doctors and specialists, Flynn was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. ... Read more
After getting into a car accident in eighth grade, Texas native Trelle Dandridge developed Optic Nerve Atrophy (ONA), which caused her vision to deteriorate over several years to the point where she had to resign from her dream job. ONA is a mild to severe damage to the optic nerve that can adversely affect central ... Read more
Like countless other girls, Virali Modi dreamt of being a model and actress. However, unlike them, Virali was left wheelchair-bound after a trip to India in 2006. The American of Indian-origin was hospitalised for months, where she slipped in and out of coma whilst fighting for her life. The diagnosis was chronic transverse myelitis, an ... Read more
Triplets Ali, Abdulla, and Mohamed were born premature at 25 weeks, all suffering from cerebral hemorrhaging. Due to the bleeding Ali passed away after 3 months. While the twins Abdulla and Mohamed survived, both had serious problems in the intensive care unit; Abdulla had a shunt but he was more stable than Mohamed whose brain ... Read more
Quadriplegic Jack Pearce is set to undergo a new medical procedure that he is hoping may transform his life. Jack and his wife Ellie arrived in Bangkok, Thailand on July 5th, 2015 for a procedure which utilizes an implanted epidural stimulator to allow Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) patients to voluntarily move their limbs. This procedure also includes ... Read more
While receiving stem cell therapy for Optic Nerve Hypoplasia & Septo-optic Dysplasia (ONH-SOD), Marina Alonzo was able to see color in her completely blind eye for the very first time. With both eyes, she was also able to read and recognize the colors of a green sign some 40 feet away. These improvements are not ... Read more
Multiple Sclerosis is not a condition that is easy to live with. There is currently no cure, and its progressive nature means that it will only continue to get worse unless actions are taken to treat the disease symptoms and slow the degeneration of the central nervous system. Fortunately for a Russian patient named Regina ... Read more
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and stem cells Juan José Gallego de la Cruz was told 10 years ago that his condition was incurable and that there was nothing he could do to avoid its fatal outcome. Nevertheless, being the kind of person who never gives up, he made the decision that he would do whatever it ... Read more