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EHA 2011: Advantages of cord blood stem cell transplantation established

Since the first human cord blood transplant, performed in 1988, the safety and efficacy of umbilical cord blood transplantation in both children and adults with a variety of malignant and non-malignant diseases have been clearly established...

10/06/2011

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Stem Cells Can Bring Heart Back To Normal After Attack

A heart attack takes place when blood vessels that supply blood to the heart are blocked, preventing enough oxygen from getting to the organ. The heart muscle dies or becomes permanently damaged, tissue is scarred and the heart becomes enlarged. Now for survivors of cardiac arrest, stem cell injections afterwards can help enlarged hearts recover in size and function...

18/05/2011

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Queen Belfast University Scientists teaming up to cure premature baby blindness

Scientists from the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast are teaming up to develop a cure to an illness that can lead to blindness in premature babies, thanks to funding from the children’s charity Action Medical Research.

17/05/2011

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Duke explores stem cell treatment for children with cerebral palsy

Durham, N.C. — Cerebral palsy robs children of their ability to move or speak normally, and they typically face a lifetime of physical therapy, which may yield only limited results...

12/05/2011

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UT Health studies cord blood stem cells for pediatric traumatic brain injury

Partners in trial include Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, Cord Blood Registry Center for Regenerative Medicine

HOUSTON – (Jan. 5, 2011) – The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has begun enrollment for the first Phase I safety study approved by the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the use of a child’s own umbilical cord blood stem cells for traumatic brain injury in children...

05/01/2011

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Cord blood cell transplantation provides improvement for severely brain-injured child

In three monthly injections, researchers transplanted neurally-committed, autologous cord blood derived cells tagged with iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIO) into the lateral cerebral ventricle of a 16-month old child with severe global hypoxic ischemic brain injury...

22/12/2010

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Umbilical cord cells may treat arthritis

Umbilical cord stem cells may be useful in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Animal and in vitro experiments, described in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research and Therapy, have shown that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) taken from umbilical cord blood can suppress inflammation and attenuate collagen-induced arthritis.

15/11/2010

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Feasibility of combination allogeneic stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury: a case report

Cellular therapy for spinal cord injury (SCI) is overviewed focusing on bone marrow mononuclear cells, olfactory ensheathing cells, and mesenchymal stem cells. A case is made for the possibility of combining cell types, as well as for allogeneic use.

11/11/2010

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Outcomes after related and unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation for non-Fanconi hereditary bone marrow failure

ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic stem cell transplantation is the only curative option for patients with hereditary bone marrow failure syndromes Umbilical cord blood is an alternative stem cell source for allotransplantation. Design and Methods This multicenter, retrospective study is based on data reported to Eurocord Registry about patients with hereditary bone marrow failure syndrome who received umbilical cord blood transplantation

11/11/2010

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Cord Blood Stem Cells Significantly Improved Cerebral Palsy Symptoms Claim Parents

LONDON, November 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The condition of a 3-year–old child with cerebral palsy in the UK has been significantly improved after treatment with stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood, stored when he was born, the Daily Mail reported Monday. Sasha Browne is thought to be the first British child to be injected with cord blood cells and her parents are reporting that her condition has significantly improved.

10/11/2010

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Human umbilical cord blood cells boost lab animal's recovery after stroke

Scientists have used human umbilical cord blood cells (HUCB) to treat cultured rat brain cells (astrocytes) deprived of oxygen, which protected them from cell death after stroke-like damage.

05/11/2010

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Functional recovery in acute traumatic spinal cord injury after transplantation of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Abstract Objective: Spinal cord injury results in loss of neurons, degeneration of axons, formation of glial scar, and severe functional impairment. Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells can be induced to form neural cells in vitro. Thus, these cells have a potential therapeutic role for treating spinal cord injury.

01/11/2010

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Application of mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow and umbilical cord in human hair multiplication

Application of mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow and umbilical cord in human hair multiplication Volume 60, Issue 2, Pages 74-83 November 2010 Bo-Young Yooa, Youn-Ho Shinb, Hee-Hoon Yoonac, Young-Kwon Seoa, Kye-Yong Songb, Jung-Keug Parkad Abstract

01/11/2010

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Δημιουργήθηκε ανθρώπινο συκώτι στο εργαστήριο. Ελπίδες για περισσότερες μεταμοσχεύσεις και νέα φάρμακα στο μέλλον.

Αμερικανοί επιστήμονες κατάφεραν για πρώτη φορά να δημιουργήσουν μικροσκοπικό ανθρώπινο συκώτι στο εργαστήριο με τη βοήθεια βλαστικών κυττάρων, ένα επίτευγμα στον τομέα της αναγεννητικής ιατρικής, το οποίο δίνει ελπίδες για περισσότερες και εξατομικευμένες («κατά παραγγελία») μεταμοσχεύσεις οργάνων στο μέλλον, ενώ παράλληλα προσφέρει νέες δυνατότητες πειραμάτων για την ανάπτυξη καλύτερων φαρμάκων για τις παθήσεις του ήπατος.

01/11/2010

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Miniature livers 'grown in lab'

Miniature livers 'grown in lab' Scientists have managed to produce a small-scale version of a human liver in the laboratory using stem cells.

30/10/2010

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Why this smiling girl wouldn't be alive without her cord blood

By Rebecca Lewis

Frances was cured by her own cord blood. Doctors once suggested her parents take her home to die, but a young Auckland girl's winning determination to fight off cancer - and the unique treatment that helped - is now being used to save other lives...

19/09/2010

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Dabaghi Plans "First-in-Man" Human Cord Blood Stem Cell Treatments For Heart Failure

Dabaghi Therapeutics, Inc., a stem cell and gene therapy pioneer, announced today plans for the world's first Human Cord Blood (HCBC) stem cell treatment clinical trial via Intramyocardial delivery...

17/09/2010

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Gene Therapy Appears to Help Patient with Anemia

A patient with a rare genetic form of anemia is getting by without blood transfusions after experimental gene therapy, French and U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.

17/09/2010

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Stem cells restore ovary function in rat study

LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Scientists have found that injecting a particular type of stem cells into infertile female rats can restore the function of their ovaries, and say their findings could pave the way for a similar treatment for humans.

14/09/2010

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New Research Demonstrates Safety of Cord-blood-derived Stem Cell Treatments

Beike Biotechnology and Medistem, Inc. Report on 114 Patients Treated With Novel Cord Blood Stem Cell Protocol; New Approach Opens Door to Expanded Uses of Cord Blood Stem Cells

03/09/2010