Boy is the first to have cerebral palsy 'successfully treated' using stem cells, taking him from a vegetative state to …

The child was left in a vegetative state after going into cardiac arrest Doctors said his future was bleak and his chances of survival were minimal But German doctors performed stem-cell therapy using frozen blood from his umbilical cord stored at birth and now he can walk, talk and smile again Experts said the results dispel 'long-held doubts' about stem cell therapy

By Rachel Reilly

PUBLISHED: 08:48 EST, 25 May 2013 | UPDATED: 09:47 EST, 25 May 2013

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Doctors claim to have successfully treated a child suffering with cerebral palsy with stem cells for the first time.

Just weeks after being given an intravenous stem cell treatment from umbilical cord blood, the symptoms of a boy who had been left in a vegetative state after a heart attack improved considerably. Within months he could talk and move.

The German doctors who carried out the treatment say the results of the treatment dispel 'long-held doubts' surrounding the effectiveness of stem cell therapy.

Doctors have successfully treated paediatric cerebral palsy with umbilical cord blood for the first time,on a patient known only L.B. They say the breakthrough dispels 'long-held doubts' surrounding the effectiveness of stem cell therapy

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