Amazing Recovery Attributed to Cord Blood

Toddler diagnosed with cerebral palsy shows remarkable improvement

"Dallas Hextell was already a miracle to parents Cynthia and Derak, after they spent three years trying to get pregnant."

"But now he is looking like a medical miracle to the rest of the world."

"The 2-year-old son of the Sacramento, Calif., couple was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, but is now showing fewer signs of the disorder and marked improvement after an infusion of his own stem cells — made possible by the preservation of his own cord blood shortly before birth."

By Bob Considine
TODAYShow.com contributor

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Stem Cells Give Boy New Life

"At 8 months Dallas Hextell was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, unable to learn to walk or talk. But an experimental treatment with his own cord stem cells worked a miracle. Kris Pickel reports."

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