A new born baby girl suffering from a rare genetic disorder called Hurler's Syndrome, in which a missing enzyme causes malformation of the brain and symptoms such as bulky tongue and sudden weight loss, was treated through a successful stem cell transplant at a hospital in Delhi.

The disease causes deposition of abnormal proteins in various body organs, leading to bone deformity, big and abnormal face, thick skin, blindness and developmental delays.This genetic disorder affects 1 in 50,000 children born in India and normally such children don't live for more than 10 years.

The patient underwent a successful unrelated double cord blood transplant. Normally stem cells are retrieved from a blood relative because chances of HLA matching are higher, but in this case that was not possible. So a request was made to a private cord blood banking unit, which was successful. The operation was performed by the bone marrow transplant physician at the hospital.
 

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