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