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Girl is cured of leukemia using stem cells from umbilical cord

Germany, November 30, 2010

Girl is cured of leukemia using stem cells from umbilical cord


Scientist Leipzig City confirmed ‘to have cured for the first time lymphoblastic leukemia with a transplant of stem cells from the umbilical cord of a nine years old girl. Life expectancy of the patient, who was suffering for three years, was reduced to three months before treatment was successful. ”
Vita 34, a company founded in 1997 by doctors at the eastern Germany city of Leipzig, announced this big news that was hopeful.
According to German experts, “the disease was diagnosed in the German girl at the age of three years and, after being treated with chemotherapy, it was found that their only chance of survival lay in a stem cell transplant.”
Dr. Eberhard Lampeter, medical director of Vita 34 explained that, “The life expectancy of the patient was reduced to three months without a stem cell therapy,” and said, “the cancer cells had already reached the brain.”
He also noted that “parents of the girl at the time of her birth decided to keep her umbilical cord, which was used to extract stem cells needed for her transplant.”
The professional said that “within 75 months from the intervention and now we can speak with certainty of a cure.”
According to the company, “A total of 15 children, including six with brain damage, could be treated so far with stem cells from their umbilical cords.”
Vita 34, also engaged in research on aging, multiplication and stem cell reprogramming and developing new stem cell based therapies to treat type 1 diabetes, brain damage and heart disease.