...in the journal Case Reports in Transplantation:
5. Conclusions
Thus, given the severity of brain damage and persistent vegetative state he suffered from, the patient has recovered to an extent that is difficult to explain by intense active rehabilitation alone. Taking the evidence together, it appears that autologous transplantation of cord blood cells may in part have contributed to the remarkable functional neuroregeneration observed in this patient. If true, this would be the first account of a successful causative cell therapy of pediatric cerebral palsy, a condition for which there is no cure at present.
So, the peer-reviewed journal publication of the case is
not quite so definitive about the overwhelming success and causal relationship of the stem cell treatment. Another typical case of popular press dramatizing what are undoubtedly important findings that warrant further trials with other patients.
The full journal paper "First Autologous Cell Therapy of Cerebral Palsy Caused by Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Damage in a Child after Cardiac Arrest—Individual Treatment with Cord Blood" is available as pdf
here.
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