Australian first treatment at Monash Children’s Hospital

Australian first treatment at Monash Children’s Hospital

For the first time in Australia, a child has received an infusion of their own umbilical cord blood to treat cerebral palsy (CP).  As widely reported by the media, the therapy – not yet approved as a standard treatment for CP anywhere in the world – was administered to Zara, a 6-year-old with CP, at Monash Children’s Hospital last month. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) granted Zara compassionate access to the therapy under the Special…