The placenta could hold the key to treating premature babies suffering from chronic lung disease, thanks to a clinical trial taking place in Australia. Doctors at Monash Children’s Hospital, Victoria are using placenta stem cells in their trial, as a way of combatting...
A Canadian study investigating the expansion of umbilical cord blood stem cells has advanced into early clinical trial stages. The news comes after scientists reported promising initial results, which found that expanded cells could facilitate even faster recoveries...
The University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland have announced a trial into the use of cord tissue for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a debilitating and life-shortening form of motor neurone disease. Currently, ALS is untreatable and the majority of...
World famous golfer, Jack Nicklaus has revealed he underwent an experimental stem cell treatment to relive chronic back pain. Nicklaus, now 78, has relied on cortisone injections to manage the condition since his teens. Conventional surgery on his spine when he was 64...
A ground-breaking trial has been announced in the USA at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles with the aim of helping babies born with a heart defect. Dr. Ram Kuma Subramanyan, a Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the CHLA explained: “About two or three decades ago, this...
The American Heart Association has recently published results of a study that saw patients with heart failure receive an intravenous infusion of umbilical cord stem cells. The study comprised of 30 patients aged 18 – 75 who had stable heart failure. Participants were...
