All Articles Tagged As: cord blood

Latest developments in umbilical cord blood-derived stem cell studies to be discussed at Research ShowCASE forum (4/13/2008)

Forum will explore how stem cells from umbilical cord blood have been used in lifesaving treatments and research ...> Full Article

Umbilical cord blood cell therapy reduces pathology in animal model of Alzheimer's disease (3/28/2008)

Targeted immune suppression using human umbilical cord blood cells may improve the pathology associated with Alzheimer's disease ...> Full Article

Are Dual Cord Blood Banks The Answer To Increasing Stem Cell Demand? (3/23/2008)

Demand for stem cells from cord blood is greater than supply. Two senior doctors, analyse the UK's growing cord blood banking industry and the potential impact of a new bank that provides blood for both personal and public use. ...> Full Article

Injection of human umbilical cord blood helps aging brain (3/12/2008)

When human umbilical cord blood cells were injected into aged laboratory animals, researchers found improvements in the microenvironment of the hippocampus region of the animals' brains and a subsequent rejuvenation of neural stem/progenitor cells. ...> Full Article

Cord Blood Viable Option for Kids with Life-Threatening Metabolic Disorders (12/14/2007)

Children born with inherited metabolic disorders that cause organ failure and early death can be treated successfully with umbilical cord blood transplants from unrelated donors and, in some cases go on to live for many years, according to a study led by Duke University Medical Center researchers. ...> Full Article

Umbilical Cord Blood Program Launched at Pennsylvania Hospital (10/12/2007)

Families will be able to bank cord blood for the future and donate samples for scientific research ...> Full Article

Discovery in Fish May Aid Human Blood Cell Transplants (6/22/2007)

The discovery that zebrafish produce natural chemicals that enhance production of blood-forming stem cells may translate rapidly into new treatments to increase the success of bone marrow or cord blood transplants in humans. ...> Full Article

Cord Blood Comparable To Matched Bone Marrow (6/12/2007)

University of Minnesota researchers report that umbilical cord blood transplants may offer blood cancer patients better outcomes than bone marrow transplants, according to an analysis of outcome data performed at the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. ...> Full Article

Using Stem Cells to Heal Joint Injuries (2/6/2007)

Biomedical sciences professor Dean Betts and doctoral candidate Thomas Koch with the University of Guelph, are trying to isolate and manipulate stem cells in horses in hopes of repairing cartilage damage. ...> Full Article

Amniotic stem cells may be as useful as embryonic stem cells (1/8/2007)

Researchers at Wake Forest University and Harvard University led by Dr. Anthony Atala, head of Wake Forest's regenerative medicine institute and senior researcher on the project, have reported that they had found a plentiful source of stem cells in the fluid that surround babies in the womb. ...> Full Article