Top 10 items to include in your baby registry
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The hospital bag checklist
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Sibling cord blood tested for treating cerebral palsy in young children
Small clinical trial looks at the safety of using sibling umbilical cord stem cells to treat children with cerebral palsy
Stem cells to beta cells: Treating type 1 diabetes with converted stem cells
Researchers convert human stem cells into insulin-producing beta cells using small molecules
A new way to treat eye injuries – Softening the tissues around stem cells
Approximately 80% of these cases are considered avoidable. Scientists may have uncovered a ground-breaking, new method for tackling just such cases.
Clinical trial looks at treating ASD using umbilical stem cells
Researchers show that injecting umbilical mesenchymal stem cells to children with ASD is safe and generally well tolerated.
Can stem cell transplants be the way of the future for tackling HIV?
A second reported case of a patient being cured of HIV following a stem cell transplant.
Stem cells may one day be used to treat hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism is a relatively common hormonal disorder where the thyroid gland produces too little thyroid hormone.
Kidneys grown from stem cells may provide an alternative to donor organs
Will we one day be able prevent people from dying from kidney disease by growing transplantable kidneys from stem cells?
Phase 1/2 clinical trial shows stem cell transplants may cure sickle cell disease in adults
Sickle cell anemia is a genetically inherited blood disorder. Phase I/II clinical trial shows that a novel stem cell transplant procedure may provide a cure for adults suffering from sickle cell disease.
Stem cells may provide a long-term treatment for Parkinson’s disease
A pre-clinical study from Harvard Medical School demonstrates that patients’ own stem cells may one day be used to effectively treat Parkinson’s disease (PD).
Stem cells regenerate lung tissue after viral damage
The H1N1 influenza virus was responsible for the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918 and the “swine flu” pandemic of 2009.
Transplantation of patients’ own stem cells may stop progression of multiple sclerosis
Results after three years of an ongoing clinical trial suggest that transplantation of a patient’s own blood-forming stem cells, following suppression of the immune system, may induce sustained remission of the most common form of multiple sclerosis (MS).
Demystifying Cord Blood Banking: A guide to separating facts from fiction
We’ve put together a simple guide that will help you navigate through some of the most common questions regarding the decision to preserve cord blood stem cells.
Stem cell therapy may provide an alternative to liver transplants
A normal, healthy liver has the remarkable capacity to repair and regenerate itself after damage.
Treating asthma with stem cells
Study shows multiple doses of stem cells can reduce lung inflammation and remodeling that results from house dust mite-induced allergic asthma.
