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Duke To Explore Cord Blood As Autism And Stroke Treatment.

Cord Blood Aware Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Research, Stroke 0 Comment 20/06/2014

Duke To Explore Cord Blood As Autism And Stroke Treatment. Duke Medicine has been awarded $15 million to support an innovative research program that explores the use of umbilical cord blood cells to treat autism, stroke, cerebral palsy and related brain disorders. The award from The Marcus Foundation, an Atlanta-based philanthropic organization, will fund the […]

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Cord Blood Cured Me – Amanda Canale

Cord Blood Aware Cancer, Cord Blood Donation, Leukaemia 0 Comment 13/06/2014

Cord Blood Cured Me In the 1970s, researchers discovered that a newborn’s umbilical cord blood contained special stem cells that could help certain diseases. More than 30 years later, doctors are still experimenting with, learning more about and perfecting the use of cord blood. Amanda Canale doesn’t take time with her daughter and niece for […]

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Stem Cells: Baby Cord Blood Is Excellent Source

Cord Blood Aware Cord Blood Banking, Cord Blood Donation, Stem Cells 0 Comment 13/06/2014

Stem Cells: Baby Cord Blood Is Excellent Source Baby cord blood is an excellent source for stem cells and the majority of birthing parents allow their umbilical and placental cord blood to be disposed of. The reason for this, most often, is an ignorance of available options, or the lack of funds for family bank […]

Neurological Disorders/ Research/ WHAT'S HOT

Could babies fight cerebral palsy with their own blood?

Cord Blood Aware Cerebral Palsy, Research 0 Comment 10/06/2014

Could babies fight cerebral palsy with their own blood? MELBOURNE researchers have singled out three types of stem cells in the cord blood, as they prepare to trial giving Victorian babies back their own umbilical blood in the hope of preventing cerebral palsy. Pre-clinical studies at the Ritchie Centre, part of the MIMR-PHI Institute of […]

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Cord Blood Donations accepted at St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester.

Cord Blood Aware Cord Blood Donation 1 Comment 10/06/2014

Women in the North West of England can now donate their baby’s umbilical cord blood and placentas at the first donation facility of its kind in the region. St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester has been chosen by Anthony Nolan to collect the donations as they roll out their cord blood donation programme. Previously, cord blood collection […]

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Understanding Cell Potency

Cord Blood Aware Cell Potency, Haematopoietic Stem Cells, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Multipotent Stem Cells, Pluripotent stem cells 0 Comment 09/06/2014

Cell potency refers to how specialised a cell is and its ability to differentiate; create other cell types. At the moment of conception, a stem cell is made. This stem cell has the ability to divide to create more cells and these cells differentiate and become more and more specialised as the germ layers are […]

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Stem cells help women regrow breasts after cancer surgery

Cord Blood Aware Breast Cancer, Cancer, Regenerative Medicine 0 Comment 07/05/2014

A new technique, which uses stem cells, could help women regrow breasts after cancer surgery. Experts in the UK and Melbourne University in Australia say that the new breasts look natural and feel soft to touch and are much more comfortable than silicone implants. The researchers are now in a race to bring the technology […]

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Adult Stem Cell Therapies Are the Future, Scientist Says

Cord Blood Aware Research 0 Comment 07/05/2014

Adult Stem Cell Therapies Are the Future, Scientist Says Adult stem cells, and not embryonic stem cells, are what all scientists in this field of research should be working on, says Dr. Peter Hollands. A renowned clinical scientist and researcher at the University of Westminster, London, Hollands took part in the first Vatican-sponsored conference to […]

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Look, no embryos! The future of ethical stem cells

Cord Blood Aware Research 0 Comment 07/05/2014

The Future Of Ethical Stem Cells. For years, ethical issues hampered progress in stem cell research. Now, experts believe that developments in reprogrammed ‘iPS’ cells will truly revolutionise the treatment of life-threatening illnesses. It is unclear at exactly what point the phrase “stem cell” entered the vernacular, one of very few scientific terms that achieve […]

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Donated umbilical cord blood stem cells ‘save’ leukaemia man

Cord Blood Aware Cancer, Cord Blood Donation, Leukaemia, Stem Cell Transplant 0 Comment 07/05/2014

A man who was given 18 months to live after being diagnosed with leukaemia has said his life has been saved by stem cells taken from umbilical cords. David Pyne, from Baguley, Manchester, was given a transplant of cells donated following births in France and the US. The 60-year-old, who is in remission, was forced […]

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