A review paper, newly published in the prestigious Pediatrics journal, statistically demonstrates that cord blood therapy for cerebral palsy is an effective treatment to improve the motor skills of children suffering from this condition. The paper is an analysis of...
A phase 1 trial of a novel cell therapy for lymphoma that is highly resistant to standard treatment (highly refractory lymphoma) has published very positive results in the Nature Medicine journal. The therapy, which uses natural killer (NK) cells derived from cord...
Osteoarthritis, a chronic degenerative joint disease, affects millions of people worldwide and is a leading cause of disability.[1][2] Currently available treatments can offer relief from pain and other symptoms. However, they fail to address the root of the disease,...
A new study on cell therapy for cerebral palsy has, for the first time, directly compared the efficacy of two different treatments. Although more research is needed, the study’s results offer valuable insights for future clinical trials tackling this challenging...
A CAR-T cell therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia[1] has recently been approved by the FDA for use in clinical trials in the United States. The therapy is based on cells derived from allogeneic (donor) umbilical cord blood; it is the very first such treatment to...
After two planned transplants from unrelated donors fell through at the very last minute, Australian three-year-old Tommy Bacon is now in remission from a rare, dangerous form of leukaemia following a transplant of the stem cells from his baby sister’s cord blood.[1]...
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Cord Blood Stem Cell Treatment Offers Superior Results for Knee Osteoarthritis, Study Finds
