Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month 2015
March is Cerebral Palsy (CP) Awareness Month and we’re excited to be taking part by raising awareness of this condition and how cord blood stem cells are playing a major role in finding an effective treatment for CP. Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects muscle...
Rare Disease Day: Metabolic Disorders
Saturday 28th February is Rare Disease Day. This week we will be taking a closer look at rare metabolic disorders and how stem cells could help. There are between 6,000 – 8,000 known rare diseases [1]; any disease affecting fewer than 5 people in 10 000 is considered...
Congenital Heart Disease
We’re continuing our support of National Heart Awareness Month as we look at congenital heart disease throughout this week and how stem cells could offer CHD patients hope. Congenital heart disease is general term for a range of birth defects which affect the way the...
Neuroblastoma
This week we are taking a look at neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, and finding out how stem cells could help. Neuroblastoma is a cancer which develops from nerve cells called neuroblasts and is most prevalent in very young children with 90% of all cases being...
