Down syndrome treatment with neural stem cells
6th International Conference and Exhibition on Cell and Gene Therapy
March 27-28, 2017 Madrid, Spain

Wang Taihua

Intervention Hospital of Shandong Red Cross Society, China

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Stem Cell Res Ther

Abstract:

Stem cell technology provides plenty of novel means for disease treatment. Down syndrome is one of the diseases that is known as untreatable. So far, there is no effective treatment for Down syndrome except physiotherapy and special education. However, physiotherapy and special education can only help children with Down syndrome to certain level. Neural stem cell transplantation therapy is used in treating patients with Down syndrome. 300 Down syndrome patients have been treated with neural stem cell transplantation therapy. Patientsâ?? age is from 8 months to 8 years. Most of patients showed different levels of improvements in intellectual development, gait, speech, muscle strength and reaction velocity.

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