Martin "Marty" Bentler has been living with some degree of Ataxia for the past 20 years. Sick and progressively getting worse, he found no interest in his doctors to improve his quality of life. They called when they had a new test. He just wanted to walk without dragging his feet so much.
Marty was one of the first international patients to receive stem cell transplants at the new St Michael's center in Shanghai. Check out his Patient Experience…
Brian traveled to China over the summer of 2008 to receive a second round of adult stem cell therapy for the treatment of symptoms associated with Ataxia. A muscle wasting neurological disorder, Brian's SCA1 saw marked improvement a second time around.
Adult stem cells are not a cure - but may offer quality-of-life improvements to patients with few or no alternatives. Hospitals in China now treat a wide range of spinal cord injuries, neurodegenerative…
Jeff Blank returned to China for his second round of stem cell transplants toward the treatment of his Spinal Cerebellar Ataxia 6 (SCA6). This time Jeff traveled to Hangzhou Xiaoshan Hospital and spent a month there receiving several injections and intensive physical therapy.
Ataxia is often a hereditary condition. Jeff discusses the choices he has made to leave the US to seek out medical treatments unavailable within its borders.
Reuben is six years old and suffers from a non-hereditary form of Cerebellar Ataxia. He has difficulty with basic motion. He is very unstable. This is all very challenging for a six year old to deal with.
Reuben's family brought him to China to receive transplants of umbilical cord blood stem cells. In this video his mother discusses their decision to come for treatment and the experience they had living in the Chinese hospital for a month.
Reuben…
From the StemCellsChina Vault comes a subtitled compilation of clips from Audrey Jones. Audrey was one of the first international patients to be treated at Qingdao's Chengyang People's Hospital.
Audrey suffers from idiopathic ataxia and received umbilical cord blood stem cells to treat symptoms brought on by the disease.
Check out her patient experience at http://www.stemcellschina.com/index.php/en/ataxia-ms-jones.
StemCellsChina is the world's leading source for news covering patients receiving adult stem cells treatments in China today. This channel focuses on patients who have received treatments for Ataxia.
People with Ataxia often describe it as living every moment of your life with all the negative aspects of being drunk and none of the benefits: poor balance and depth perception, slurred speech, decreased fine motor function,
StemCellsChina is the world's leading source for news covering patients receiving adult stem cells treatments in China today. This channel focuses on patients who have received treatments for Ataxia.
People with Ataxia often describe it as living every moment of your life with all the negative aspects of being drunk and none of the benefits: poor balance and depth perception, slurred speech, decreased fine motor function, excessive salivation and indegestion. Ataxia is generally caused by a genetic disorder but can also have no known cause.
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