Can stem cell treatment cure Cerebral Palsy?

Stem cell treatment is undoubtedly the most advanced technique for treating Cerebral palsy. The treatment could help a lot on the patients, whether from the walking, standing, speech, etc, on the patients. However, could the treatment be a cure for the patients? And can the patients with cerebral palsy return to normal life after stem cell treatment?

Whether can stem cell treatment curecerebral palsy? Cerebral palsy refers to a group of neurological disorders caused by brain injury or abnormal growth of brain. The injury of brain contribute to the clinical manifestations including limb stiffness, impaired speech, inability walking, high muscle tension, etc. In the novel stem cell treatment, it marks a great difference with standard therapies and mainly aims at repairing injury of cerebral cells, which is the root cause of cerebral palsy.

Though stem cells may help for replenishing new nerve cells that help improve brain function, the stem cell treatment is not likely a cure for cerebral palsy. It doesn't help for the patients to become healthy like normal people, but could improve patient condition from varying aspects, which could improve quality of life and help the families a lot.

What could stem cell treatment bring for patients with cerebral palsy? Stem cell therapy improves patients in different aspects. Based on the specific condition of patients, there are varying improvements. It has been observed stem cell therapy has therapeutic effects in reducing high muscle tension, improving standing, sitting and walking ability, speech, muscle strength and limb coordination, etc; in different age groups, though all patients are observed improvements, young children, especially those within three years, have the most satisfactory effects. The treatment is usually not suggested in patients with good motor function and speech, and only poor intelligence, because our Cells Center China find that the stem cell treatment is less effective in improving intelligence.


The above introduces can stem cell treatment cure Cerebral Palsy. The above is a general introduction. In clinic, the patient condition is more complicated so the guidance or therapy suggestion of patients should be based on clinical evaluation of patient condition combining their lab reports.