Today is World Cord Blood Day! A lot of progress has been made since the very first cord blood transplant was performed in 1988, 37 years ago. Since then, over 60,000 cord blood transplants have been performed worldwide, and cord blood stem cells have become the...
A recent study conducted at UMC Utrecht, Netherlands, has shown that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a safe treatment for brain damage caused by stroke in newborns, and could have a significant positive effect. Perinatal stroke and its consequences Perinatal stroke...
A groundbreaking therapy based on transplanting mitochondria into blood stem cells has shown encouraging results in an ongoing, phase 2 trial. If successful, the therapy could not only treat rare, incurable diseases, but also potentially help reverse some of the...
Pamela Goldberger was given months to live after a diagnosis of glioblastoma, a highly aggressive brain cancer which has an extremely poor prognosis even with surgery. Now, she is healthy and “living her best life” after taking part in a clinical trial for a novel...
A team of scientists at UCLA, United States, has shown it’s possible to reprogram haematopoietic stem cells to generate a regular supply of cancer-killing T cells. This novel approach, tested in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial the results of which were published in...
The first in-human trial of a stem cell therapy to treat hearing loss is due to begin later this year in the UK, after receiving MHRA approval. The trial will test whether the treatment is safe, as well as evaluate its effects on auditory function.[1] What is hearing...
