Hospital makes progress in neural stem cell transplantation

The Beijing-based General Hospital of Armed Police Force, since the establishment of its department of neural stem cell transplantation in 2004, has received over 70 patients with brain stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, motor neuron disease and cerebral palsy.

Through lumbar puncture and injecting stem cell below arachnoid, diseases in neural system can be recovered.

Though the mechanism of neural stem cell repairing the injury of central nervous system is yet to be clarified, patients have shown remarkable improvement. Transplantation of neural stem cell can reduce muscle hypertonia and improve disturbances of motor, sensory, lingual and vegetative nerves. Transplantation of neural stem cell has been proved to be effective in curing motor neuron disease. It not only can improve remarkably patients' clinical symptoms but also can improve their quality of life. It can also halt the development of the disease of late patients thus greatly expand their lives.

The hospital has gained experience in curing cerebral palsy through transplantation of neural stem cell. Since receiving the first patient in March 2005, they have cured some diseases. An eight-year-old child with serious torsion spasm sat up for the first time after treatment and could hold things.

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By People's Daily Online