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Stem Cell Operation

To those of you interested, OSHU a Portland hospital has performed an expirmental
operation in the brain giving a child stem cells in the hopes of stopping or maybe even
curing his Batten disease.

If you would like to check the story outThe Oregonian has 2 articles on stem cell research
on the brian .

This little boy had stem cells injected in him in the hopes it will
stop his Batten disease.

Its in Monday paper , Dec 11-Metro section. Stem cell surgery
gives boy hope

past article on oregonianextra.blogs.oregonlive.com

the company that sponsered the trails is Palo Alto,Cali-based
STEMCells INC.

As of today December 12,06
The family reported he has smiled and talked and will be going home from the hospital.

The hospital stated they will be doing 12-24 more operations on children. I am praying that all the children will be helped by this operation.

Riva

Wow, thanks for that information, Riva. It's amazing! I'm going to poke around and try to find the article!

Found it! Here's story below with link to the rest.

Quote:

Boy has unprecedented surgery
Brain operation - Purified stem cells are implanted into the 6-year-old's head to fight a rare disease
Monday, December 11, 2006
ANDY DWORKIN

Daniel Kerner, a California boy who received the first known implant of purified brain stem cells last month at Oregon Health & Science University, is about to leave the hospital and head home.

"Daniel is doing exceptionally well," his father, Marcus Kerner, an assistant U.S. attorney in Trabuco Canyon, Calif., said Sunday in a phone interview. "We're very, very excited about what is going on with our son."

The 6-year-old has Batten disease, a deadly, progressive illness in which the body cannot make an enzyme that removes toxins from the brain. That buildup of toxins steadily damages the brain, causing blindness, problems moving and thinking and seizures. Continue Story

I saw this on the news....great story.