Alba was born in Cadiz four years ago completely healthy, but her parents decided to freeze the stem cells of her umbilical cord in case one day was necessary. When he was two years old, Alba began to have symptoms that worried parents. Among other things, he lost his stability at the time of walking and took him from one doctor to another until he was finally diagnosed with grade 4 medulloblastoma, a very serious and infrequent brain tumor.
They removed most of the tumor attached to the brain, and they underwent chemotherapy. They then had to apply a more intensive chemotherapy. which also reduces the patient's blood system. That is why it was necessary to recompose it with seas cells. In this case, stem cells of their own body were used, those whose parents had frozen at birth. This treatment has been applied other times but never had been done with stem cells of the patient.
After the transplant stem cells migrated to the bone marrow where they multiplied and began to regenerate the bloodstream by creating white and red blood cells and platelets. After two months, new stem cells from their peripheral blood were given. Fourteen months later, the girl has completely rebuilt her bloodstream and enjoys a normal life.
A girl overcomes a brain tumor thanks to the stem cells of her umbilical cord