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China Offers Unproven Medical Treatments
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Paralyzed after a diving accident almost a year ago, 15-year-old Celine Lyon receiving treatment at the Tiantan Puhua Hospital in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 24, 2007. Tiantan Puhua, a joint venture between Asia's largest neurological hospital and American Pacific Medical Group, specialize in using stem cells injections to treat diseases ranging from stroke and spinal cord injuries to cerebral palsy and ataxia. Since opening its treatment to foreigners last year, the hospital has been attracting increasing interest from overseas patients, the latest breed of medical tourists. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
(Ng Han Guan - AP)
Kazakstan's Serik Ananchiev, 27, right receiving treatment at the Tiantan Puhua Hospital in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 24, 2007. Tiantan Puhua, a joint venture between Asia's largest neurological hospital and American Pacific Medical Group, specialize in using stem cells injections to treat diseases ranging from stroke and spinal cord injuries to cerebral palsy and ataxia. Since opening its treatment to foreigners last year, the hospital has been attracting increasing interest from overseas patients, the latest breed of medical tourists.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
(Ng Han Guan - AP)
Kazakstan's Serik Ananchiev, 27, left paralysed in a car accident and Zhao Jionghao, 2 at right receiving treatment at the Tiantan Puhua Hospital in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 24, 2007. Tiantan Puhua, a joint venture between Asia's largest neurological hospital and American Pacific Medical Group, specializes in using stem cells injections to treat diseases ranging from stroke and spinal cord injuries to cerebral palsy and ataxia. Since opening its treatment to foreigners last year, the hospital has been attracting increasing interest from overseas patients, the latest breed of medical tourists.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
(Ng Han Guan - AP)
Angela Im at right looks over as her husband, William T. Gillespie , left talks about her treatment to repair damage to her brain stem caused initially by lupus at the Tiantan Puhua Hospital in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 24, 2007. Tiantan Puhua, a joint venture between Asia's largest neurological hospital and American Pacific Medical Group, specializes in using stem cells injections to treat diseases ranging from stroke and spinal cord injuries to cerebral palsy and ataxia. Since opening its treatment to foreigners last year, the hospital has been attracting increasing interest from overseas patients, the latest breed of medical tourists.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
(Ng Han Guan - AP)
Chris Hrabik, 21, works on his customized 1993 Nissan 240SX as his wheelchair sits near by Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007, in Oak Ridge, Mo. More than a year after his return from China where he received stem cell therapy, Hrabik says he has nearly complete use of his left hand and improvement in the right, reversing paralysis caused by a car accident near his 18th birthday. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
(Jeff Roberson - AP)
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Dawn Barlett said her daughter responded to lights shone in her eyes within a week after the first of a series of five stem cell injections and can now make out blurry images on TV.
"She had no vision whatsoever before we left," the mother said. "There was no hope otherwise."
The girl's optometrist, Larry Brothers, said: "It truly is a miracle."
But when pressed for details, he said he detected "subtle differences" in Rylea's optic nerve after her return from China. Asked if he would characterize her progress as incremental, he said that "might be too optimistic."
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Associated Press Writer Alan Scher Zagier reported from Missouri; AP writer Stephanie Nano in New York also contributed to this report.
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