Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental conditions whoseincidenceisreachingepidemic proportions, afflicting approximately 1 in 166 children. Autistic disorder or autism is the mostcommon form of ASD.
Clinical trials are in place now using CD34+ umbilical cord cells and mesenchymal cells. Parents with autistic children can place realistic hope that the disorder can be helped by adult stem cells. Treated patients typically show improved socialization and communication skills - for any parent this is nothing short of miraculous!
Video Descriptions: Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury by helping the body to rebuild itself. He shows how engineered tissue that "speaks the body's language" has helped a man regrow his lost fingertip, how stem cells can rebuild damaged heart muscle, and how cell therapy can regenerate the skin of burned soldiers. This new, low-impact medicine comes just in time, Russell says -- our aging population, with its steeply rising medical bills, will otherwise (and soon) cause a crisis in health care systems around the world. Some graphic medical imagery.
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