Newborn Screening Awareness

Newborn Screening Awareness

Jan 12, 2015 | Blog

Last week changes to the newborn screening programme were announced.  Babies will now be screened for 9 illnesses instead of the previous 5 illnesses. The new-born screening programme involves taking blood from a baby in their first few weeks of life; this is done...

2014 Review

Jan 5, 2015 | Blog

2014 was a busy year for stem cell research.  Here we take a look back at the year’s leading developments. 2014 was a successful year for stem cell research in autoimmune diseases; an autoimmune disease is a condition whereby the body’s immune system attacks cells the...
World Braille Day: Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency Awareness

World Braille Day: Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency Awareness

Dec 29, 2014 | Blog

For World Braille Day we will be raising awareness of blindness caused by Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency (LSCD) and how stem cells are being used to save sight. The cornea is the window of the eye, covering the pupil, the lens and the iris.  In order for vision to be...
Stem cells: First therapy approved by EU

Stem cells: First therapy approved by EU

Dec 22, 2014 | News

A stem cell therapy has been approved for widespread medical use in the EU for the first time. Stem cells can become any type of tissue in the body and hold huge promise in medicine. The treatment – Holoclar – is used to treat a rare eye condition that can...
HIV and AIDS Awareness

HIV and AIDS Awareness

Dec 15, 2014 | Blog

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the precursor of AIDS.  HIV is a ‘lentivirus’ which is a type of virus that slowly attacks the immune system; it belongs to a larger family of viruses known as retroviruses [1].  The origins of HIV are still widely debated...

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