First US Patient Treated in Phase 3 Trial of Cord Blood Stem Cell Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis
Key detailsThe condition: Osteoarthritis affected over 528 million people worldwide in 2019, and the knee is one of the joints most commonly affected – with a prevalence of 365 million [1]. There is no cure, and current treatment manages symptoms rather than repairing...
Could Sibling Cord Blood Help a Child With Cerebral Palsy?
Key detailsThe condition: Around 1 in 500 babies born globally has cerebral palsy, a lifelong condition that affects movement and coordination [1, 2].The story: Gabriel Machado, a teenager from Lexington, Massachusetts, has been accepted onto a Duke University...
Cord Tissue Stem Cell Therapy for Pulmonary Fibrosis Completes First Human Safety Trial
Key details The condition: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive scarring disease of the lungs that mainly affects older adults. Thousands of people are newly diagnosed in the UK each year, and studies of health records show the condition is becoming more...
Cord Blood Cell Therapy for Motor Neurone Disease Granted FDA Fast Track Status
Key detailsThe condition: Motor neurone disease affects more than 5,000 adults in the UK at any one time, and around one person in every 300 will develop it in their lifetime. There is currently no cure [1].The news: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has...
A Patient’s Own Stem Cells Show Promise in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury
Key details The scale: There were 335,409 UK hospital admissions for acquired brain injury in 2023-24 – one every 90 seconds [1]. The trial: In a US clinical trial published in the journal Brain, 24 adults living with the long-term effects of brain injury...
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