According to new research, an injection of cells from the placenta can ease the pain and other symptoms of arthritis sufferers for up to one year. The new treatment, ReNu, developed by British-US-based firm Organogensis, is made from cells of the innermost layer of...
Last week we held a live webinar to celebrate the last day of Cord Blood Awareness Month. We thoroughly enjoyed chatting to you all to help raise awareness of umbilical cord blood. Did you miss the webinar? Don’t worry! You can watch the full video below. What was...
We have had many parents getting in touch with us about the impact that COVID-19 may have on banking their baby’s umbilical cord blood during the pandemic. Over the last week or so, we have collected your Frequently Asked Questions about cord blood banking and...
A US hospital has become the first hospital in the nation to use a placenta-based cell-therapy to treat COVID-19 patients, which has resulted in the coronavirus-recovered patients heading home. Holy name is the first in the US to use the latest placenta-based...
A small cohort of six critically ill COVID-19 patients hospitalised in Israel have been treated with a placenta-based cell-therapy and have all survived, according to initial data. Pluristem, a company based in Haifa who specialise in the development of human...
After birth, the placenta is often thrown away despite the fact that there are other options available to parents – including placenta banking and placenta encapsulation. In recent years, these options have become increasingly popular for mums-to-be. But what...
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