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A New Study in Texas Is Looking into the Use of a Child's Own Cord Blood to Treat Damaged Brain Tissue
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(OPEN):
U-T HEALTH AND CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL
HAVE JUST LAUNCHED GROUND-BREAKING RESEARCH STUDYING THE USE OF A
CHILD'S OWN CORD-BLOOD, TO TREAT DAMAGED BRAIN-TISSUE. DOCTOR
CHARLES COX, OF U-T HEALTH'S MEDICAL SCHOOL IN HOUSTON, IS LEADING
THE RESEARCH--WHICH FOLLOWS POSITIVE SAFETY-RESULTS OF ANOTHER STUDY
THAT HE LED, USING ADULT STEM-CELLS IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE
TRAUMATIC-BRAIN-INJURY. ACCORDING TO DOCTOR COX, THE STUDIES ARE
SHOWING PROMISING POTENTIAL...
(COX):
"IN OUR PRECLINICAL WORK, WE'VE DEMONSTRATED THAT CELL-BASED
THERAPIES CAN DECREASE SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF INJURY--MEANING SOME OF
THE SWELLING THAT OCCURS IN THE BRAIN, AFTER INJURY--AND REDUCTION IN
SOME OF THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES THAT DRIVE THE ONGOING INJURY-PROCESS
LATER--AFTER THE INITIAL EVENT IS OVER."
(BRIDGE):
THE OUTCOMES OF BOTH PRECLINICAL RESEARCH, AND ANECDOTAL RESULTS OF
TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS WITH BRAIN-INJURIES, HAVE MADE UMBILICAL-CORD
BLOOD AN INTRIGUING SOURCE OF STEM-CELLS FOR RESEARCHERS TO
PURSUE--ACCORDING TO DOCTOR COX...
(COX):
"THE REASON WE HAVE BECOME INTERESTED IN CORD-BLOOD CELLS IS
BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 'AUTOLOGOUS' THERAPY--MEANING USING YOUR
OWN CELLS. AND, THE PRECLINICAL MODELS HAVE DEMONSTRATED SOME
REALLY FASCINATING NEUROLOGICAL-PRESERVATION EFFECTS, TO REALLY SUPPORT
THESE PHASE-ONE TRIALS. THERE'S ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCE, IN OTHER
TYPES OF NEUROLOGICAL INJURIES, THAT REASSURES US, IN TERMS OF THE
SAFETY OF THE APPROACH--AND THERE ARE SOME ANECDOTAL HINTS AT IT BEING
BENEFICIAL IN CERTAIN TYPES OF BRAIN-INJURY."
(CLOSE):
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
W-W-W-DOT-"CORD-BLOOD"-DOT-COM.
