/ Teaching Hospital Content for UC Davis en /curiosity/news/stem-cell-treatment-children-spina-bifida-helps-dogs-first <p>A pair of English bulldog puppies are the first patients to be successfully treated with a unique therapy 鈥� a combination of surgery and stem cells 鈥� developed at the University of California, Davis, to help preserve lower-limb function in children with spina bifida.</p> <p><em>(Editor鈥檚&nbsp;note: <a href="https://ucdavis.box.com/s/o67j9jo9weacuqt2kz5i3y2ditsxlcfn">Photos and b-roll available.</a>)&nbsp;</em></p> August 24, 2017 - 11:01am Katherine E Kerlin /curiosity/news/stem-cell-treatment-children-spina-bifida-helps-dogs-first