Jul 13, 2026 | Blog, News, Skeletal Diseases and Injuries, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies, Uses for Cord Blood, Uses for Cord Tissue
Key details A new milestone: Iran’s Royan Research Institute has begun treating people with severe osteoarthritis of the knee, hip, and shoulder using stem cells derived from the umbilical cord, with early results reported as promising. [1][2] Cord tissue stem cells:...
Mar 24, 2026 | Blog, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies, Uses for Cord Blood
Key details Life-limiting condition: Long COVID’s most common symptoms, fatigue and brain fog, can have a strong negative impact on sufferers’ ability to carry out day-to-day activities, reducing quality of life and placing limits on what they are able to accomplish...
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...
Jun 2, 2025 | Blog, Neurological Disorders, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies, Uses for Cord Blood
A six-year-old girl named Zara has become the first child in Australia to receive an infusion of her own stored cord blood as treatment for cerebral palsy outside of a clinical trial. Experts hope that this milestone will pave the way towards broader availability,...
Apr 25, 2025 | Blog, Neurological Disorders, News, Stem Cell News, Stem Cell Therapies, Uses for Cord Blood
A review paper, newly published in the prestigious Pediatrics journal, indicates that cord blood therapy for cerebral palsy may be an effective treatment to improve the motor skills of children suffering from this condition. The paper is an analysis of data from...
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