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UTHealth studies cord blood stem cells for pediatric traumatic brain injury

January 5, 2011

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has begun enrollment for the first Phase I safety study approved by the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the use of a child's own umbilical cord blood stem cells for traumatic brain injury in children. The study is being performed in conjunction with Children's…

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly 400,000 U.S. children and teenagers go to the emergency room for basketball-related injuries each year -- with the number of concussions and other brain injuries on the rise in recent years, researchers reported Monday.



Using government data collected from a national sample of U.S. hospitals, the researchers estimate that more than 4.1 million kids between the ages of 5 and 19 visited an ER for a basketball injury between 1997 and… Continue

By Dixie Fremont-Smith Coskie, BrainLine



On a day that began like so many others, I received the unthinkable news that one of my children had been hit by a car and was clinging to life. My husband and I were told that even if our thirteen-year-old son Paul survived, the quality of his life would be questionable because he had sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI).



I have learned that TBI changes not only the people who sustain an injury, but entire families. Day and… Continue

12 years ago our family was blessed with the most beautiful child one can ever ask for – Ariane Thomas-Lutchmedial. From the moment Ariane came into this world we could see that you were destined for greatness, full of courage, and strength. You proved to us that loving our children can heal every wound, cure every pain, and defy scientific rationale. 12 years ago I had been accepted into medical school and was about to start my new life long dream, however, you came along and I had to choose… Continue

Traumatic brain injury, often referred to as TBI, is most often an acute event similar to other injuries. That is where the similarity between traumatic brain injury and other injuries ends. One moment the person is normal and the next moment life has abruptly changed.



In most other aspects, a traumatic brain injury is very different. Since our brain defines who we are, the consequences of a brain injury can affect all aspects of our lives, including our personality. A brain injury… Continue