by Louise Roseingrave © 2009 irishtimes.com
THE FIRST child from the Republic to receive revolutionary stem-cell treatment for a rare disorder affecting the optic nerve will travel to China next week for the procedure.
Eight-month old Gretta Kieran Cullen, from Termonfeckin, Co Louth, will fly with her parents to Beijing on Tuesday to receive a course of eight stem-cell injections.
The child was diagnosed with a rare condition, septo-optic dysplasia (SOD), three days after she was born in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda last August.
The condition can cause blindness, hormone deficiencies and low muscle tone.
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