I'll look forward to hearing about your experiences. I am very 
skeptical of what my friend is doing but he could not make the trip 
to Germany because of his bad health. That would have been my first 
choice for him also. Please let me know what clinic you are using as 
maybe my friend will decide to do so if he improves enough for that flight.

At 01:37 PM 12/4/2009, you wrote:
>My 3 1/2 yr. grandson with CP is going to Germany next year for stem 
>cell therapy where they take his own cells from his hip bone. Cord 
>blood was not saved at the time of his birth for nobody knew he 
>would be born with CP. He will not suffer any consequences of 
>rejection since these cells come directly from him. The whole 
>process is around $12,000 USD. And though it may not be a "cure 
>all", it will certainly improve him. Just as his hyperbaric chamber 
>therapy and his TAOS walker is helping him. I have heard negative 
>feedback on Mexico and the Dominican Republic. I live here in FL but 
>if I read one of these emails right, it said something about $60,000 
>to take the stem cells here, send them to Israel and go to the Dom. 
>Rep. to have them injected?? Seems like someone is on the fast track 
>to making big bucks!! I wouldn't trust anything being injected into 
>my grandson that has flown half way around the world!!!! This is ludicrous!!!!
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>From: Michael H. Collis <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Fri, December 4, 2009 8:49:24 AM
>Subject: Re: Reply:Stem cells from umbilical cord used for CP treatment
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>I would say that it would be fine for an infant to have this done, but it's
>not a cure all.  The article even states that.  The stem cells will only
>lessen the C.P., not cure it.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>Mark Blake
>Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:12 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Reply:Stem cells from umbilical cord used for CP treatment
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>Has anyone heard about using a sibling Core Blood to harvest the stem cells
>for the treatment of CP?
>
>Mark Blake
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