Stem cell treatment helps Midlothian 11-year-old walk, improve motor skills

It has been three months since Grant Kunz returned from his first stem cell treatment in Panama. The 11-year-old was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth and had suffered from seizures on a daily basis.

Grant has made exceptional progress and the family is already counting down the days to a second round of treatment at The Stem Cell Institute.

Grant, who has had a vast improvement in motor skills after the initial treatment, has gone from experiencing 8 to 12 seizures a day to just a couple a week.

His mother, Lauren Witte, was sceptical of how the first round of treatment would impact the day-to-day life of her son. For four days, an IV was stuck in Grant’s arm while he received 60 million stem cells that were extracted from donated umbilical cord blood. Once the stem cells were introduced into Grant’s body, they stimulated and repaired damaged nervous tissue in both the brain and spinal cord.

Widecells Group PLC (LON:WDC) are leading a transformation in cord blood banking and stem cell treatment; making cord blood banking more accessible through insurance coverage, and increasing the availability of cord blood for transplants.

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