Mar 15, 2023 | Blog, Other, Pregnancy Advice, Uses for Placenta
If you are expecting you are probably already being bombarded with information about the placenta or perhaps you are simply doing some research in your own time. Either way, this blog aims to break down at least some of the information you are looking for. Read on for...
Jan 31, 2023 | Blog, Uses for Placenta
The placenta represents a special moment in time and remains the very essence of that intimate and eternal bond between mother and baby. If you’re keen to pay tribute to this relationship or moment in time, you may be thinking about keeping your placenta, but what are...
Jan 21, 2021 | Blog, Stem Cell News, Uses for Placenta
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...
Jun 29, 2020 | Blog, Stem Cell News, Uses for Cord Blood, Uses for Cord Tissue, Uses for Placenta
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...
Apr 24, 2020 | Uses for Placenta, Blog, News, Stem Cell News
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...
Apr 9, 2020 | Uses for Placenta, Blog, News, Stem Cell News
A small cohort of six critically ill COVID-19 patients hospitalised in Israel have been treated with an experimental placenta-based cell-therapy and have all survived, according to initial data. Pluristem, a company based in Haifa who specialise in the development of...