Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month
September is Muscular Dystrophy Month and as part the effort to raise awareness of this condition, we will be discussing what muscular dystrophy is, how it affects our bodies, and how cord blood stem cells could help sufferers. What is muscular dystrophy? Muscular...
Stem Cell Therapy: Clinical Trial Reveals Promise for COVID-19 Treatment
Initial data from early clinical trials show that mesenchymal stem cells could potentially stop the virus, calm the immune response and repair tissue damage caused by COVID-19. As the pandemic continues, the race is truly on to find an effective treatment for...
Treating Autism in Children: Clinical Trial Validates Cord Blood Infusion
A new phase II clinical trial has indicated that umbilical cord blood infusions are safe and are associated with improved social and communication abilities in children with autism. Results from the study show that umbilical cord blood infusion were safe and well...
Why the cord blood processing method matters
When it comes to cord blood banking, the different types of processing methods are not always discussed. And as a result, great confusion can often arise from the term ‘processing’. As a parent who is considering banking their baby’s stem cells, it’s important...
Summer 2020: the latest stem cell news
We are over halfway through 2020 and it’s fair to say that it has been an eventful year so far. We have summed up some of the key events over the past few months. Keep on reading to find out more… COVID-19 Update Over the last couple of months, we have been...
