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Cord Blood Stem Cells Help Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patient
A young boy from Wisconsin with Spinal Muscular Atrophy keeps improving his quality of life after receiving cord blood stem cells at a treatment center in China. Kyle Knopes from Janesville, Wisconsin says the stem cell therapy has worked like a miracle since returning from China recently.
Adult Stem Cells Give Teen With SMA Hope
Spinal Muscular Atrophy is a disease that affects approximately 25,000 Americans. It results in progressive muscle loss and weakness. Diagnosed with SMA as an infant, Kyle has never walked. However, since the adult stem cells were given to him, he now has hope.
I Get Tears In My Eyes
Even Kyle's personal aid/therapist is impressed:
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"He's just been a miracle, I get tears in my eyes," says Shirley Zirbel.
As she works with him, she comments on how high he can now lift his arms, and how he can open his hands.
She has also noticed an increase in his energy.
Quality of Life Improves From Cord Blood Stem Cell Therapy
And more importantly Kyle is happy with his improvements in his quality of life since the adult stem cells from umbilical cord blood was implanted:
Kyle says, "After my 1st injection, I rolled from my back to my right side, which I hadn't done since I was 6 years old."
According to Kyle, the injections, along with the intense physical therapy he received while in China have helped a great deal.
"Mainly upper body strength, both my arms, head and neck control," says Kyle.
It's also obvious when Kyle picks up a pen.
Writing has become much easier.
He says, "I can write longer without getting fatigued and my writing doesn't get worse as I go on."
Was The Long Journey for Stem Cells Worth It?
Despite any possible risks involved, Kyle says the trip was well worth it.
He says, "The worst that we were assuming is that I would come back the same, and that was okay. But obviously with our improvements, very glad we went."
We previously had a stem cell story about Kyle in July, just after he returned from China and his stem cell treatment.
Other Boy With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Can Walk After Same Treatment
Also, Brandon Meinke, another boy from Janesville, Wisconsin with
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, went to China for therapy before Kyle and was able to walk after the cord blood stem cells were implanted after he previously had only been able to crawl.