June is National Osteoporosis Month.  Cells4Life will be supporting the cause by raising awareness across all of our social media channels. Last week we were raising awareness of osteoarthritis, a condition often confused with osteoporosis, this may be due to the fact...

What is Osteoarthritis and how stem cells are being used to combat this painful illness? Osteoarthritis is a painful, progressive illness which affects the joints; it is caused by the degeneration of cartilage.  Cartilage is a tissue which covers the ends of joints to...

In the final week of our "Race Matters" mini-series, Cells4Life are raising awareness of Fanconi Anaemia. Fanconi Anaemia was discovered by a Swiss paediatrician in 1927 named Guido Fanconi.  Fanconi Anaemia is a genetic disorder with a higher prevalence in Afrikaners...

Here we take a look at Aplastic Anaemia, as we look at the shortage of stem cell donors from minority backgrounds. Aplastic anaemia (AA) is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by the bone marrow’s inefficient production of replenishing blood cells. Anaemia...