Jul 4, 2018 | Uses for Cord Blood, Blog, Stem Cell News
Scientists at Duke University, North Carolina have begun investigating the effect of cord blood on sufferers of adult stroke. 100 patients between 18-90 years of age will undergo umbilical cord blood transfusions between 3 and 10 days after their stroke. They will...
Feb 8, 2018 | Blog, News, Uses for Cord Blood
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...
Dec 18, 2017 | Blog, Stem Cell News, Uses for Cord Blood
In the USA, the Food & Drug Authority (FDA) has given permission to Duke University Medical Center to offer cord blood therapy to children with neurological conditions including: Autism spectrum disorder Autism Cerebral palsy Hydrocephalus Apraxia of speech...
Sep 29, 2017 | Blog, News, Uses for Cord Blood
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...
Jul 17, 2017 | Blog, Uses for Cord Blood
In early July 2017 a panel of cancer experts unanimously endorsed CAR-T treatment for leukaemia. With FDA approval expected, it will become the first gene therapy to reach the market creating a ‘living drug’ that genetically alters a patients own cells to fight...
Apr 18, 2017 | Blog, News, Uses for Cord Blood
An estimated 1 in 100 children(1) in the UK have some form of autism and currently four times more boys are diagnosed with the condition than girls.(2) Autism is a spectrum disorder meaning that the symptoms are broad and vary greatly in severity. However they include...
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