Cord blood has long been established as a treatment for blood disorders such as leukaemia and anaemia – but there has been a growth in its use in regenerative therapies – including brain injury. In fact, when it comes to privately banked cord blood, 82% of samples released for autologous use have been as part […]
Cerebral palsy (cp) is the subject of some very exciting umbilical cord blood stem cell research. The research uses a patient’s cord blood to ascertain if cord blood could provide an effective treatment for cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a condition which affects the brain causing involuntary muscle spasms. There are four kinds of cerebral […]
Hurler Syndrome; A Need For Screening Babies with a rare inherited disease may be spared from permanent brain damage if they receive an umbilical cord blood transplantat before they are 9 months old. Experts say the findings emphasize the need for early diagnosis of the condition, called Hurler syndrome, preferably through newborn screening programs. Hurler […]
Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Research, Stroke
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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 […]
Cerebral Palsy, Research
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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 […]
