Your Child’s Umbillical Cord May Treat CP

09 Mar Your Child’s Umbillical Cord May Treat CP

Recent news is bringing light to a new potential treatment option for families whose children have cerebral palsy – if they knew to do something in advance. The idea: using a child’s own umbillical cord blood stem cells to stimulate growth and regeneration of damaged tissue.

Read more about one particular study out of Duke University here. Another potential possibility is using the stem cells of other children’s umbillical cord blood – possibly eliminating the need for families to have saved their child’s cord in order to receive such treatment. This is spurring controversy over whether people should donate their childrens’ umbillical cords for the greater population or whether private banks are a better option. Read more about this debate here.