Nov 21, 2025 | Blog, Neurological Disorders, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies, Uses for Cord Tissue
Key details New trial approval: The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has approved a Phase 2a trial for a new umbilical cord stem cell therapy to treat Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), one of the most commonly inherited nerve diseases.[1] Early clinical...
Nov 19, 2025 | Blog, Case Studies, Neurological Disorders, News, Stem Cell News, Uses for Cord Blood
Key details Understanding Lesch-Nyhan syndrome: This rare, recessive condition linked to the X chromosome primarily affects boys, and is characterised by a deficiency of the HPRT enzyme, leading to severe motor dysfunction, uric acid overproduction, and compulsive...
Nov 17, 2025 | Blog, News, Stem Cell News, Uses for Cord Blood
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 donor cord blood stem cells, such as from a...
Aug 26, 2025 | Blog, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies
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 may have a significant positive effect. Perinatal stroke and its consequences Perinatal stroke is...
Aug 21, 2025 | Blog, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies
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...
Aug 13, 2025 | Blog, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies
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 Patient’s Own Stem Cells Show Promise in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury
Iran Begins Treating Osteoarthritis With Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
Stem Cell Particles Used to Treat Severe Burns in a World First
Cord Blood Awareness Month 2026: The Past, Present, and Future of Cord Blood Stem Cells
Stem Cell Therapy for Alzheimer’s Granted FDA Fast Track as It Advances to Phase 2
