Thursday, April 23, 2009

Baby departs for stem-cell treatment

by Louise Roseingrave © 2009 irishtimes.com
THE FAMILY of a baby girl travelling to China for stem-cell injections defended their decision to seek treatment abroad before departing Ireland yesterday.
Eight month old Gretta Kieran Cullen suffers from a rare condition, Septo-Optic Dysplasia (SOD), causing blindness, hormone deficiencies and low muscle tone.
The family left Dublin airport yesterday and will arrive tomorrow night in China, where Gretta will receive a course of eight stem-cell injections over the course of the next four weeks.
The baby’s mother, Maria Kieran, defended the family’s choice to opt for the controversial treatment, which is set to cost €60,000.

READ FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE © 2009 irishtimes.com

1 comment:

  1. There is a new book "The Stem Cell Theory of Renewal" by Christian Drapeau, MSc., Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder of STEMTech Health Sciences. He formulated StemEnhance which supports the natural release of stem cells to promote optimal healing and stem cell physiology.

    I'm a Health Coach and I have seen tremendous benefit using this natural stem cell enhancer for myself, my family & clients. I believe because of the scientific studies we have available we can end the controversy from the use of embryonic stem cells for good. I write about adult stem cell research in my blog at askjacki.wordpress.com for those interested in learning more or go to stemcellhotline.com.

    Jacki Smith
    817-510-3600

    ReplyDelete