by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 8, 2019 | Stem Cell News
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a rare inherited disease that causes the degeneration of nerve cells in the brain. This degeneration triggers a variety of symptoms affecting cognition, movements, and speech. Sufferers usually have a shortened life expectancy and...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 6, 2019 | Newborn Baby Care
Bringing your newborn home for the first time is perhaps one of the most exciting things about giving birth. It’s the first time you can begin to feel like a real family. It’s normal for you to feel anxious about how to prepare your home for the arrival of your...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 4, 2019 | Cord Blood Banking
The world’s first umbilical cord blood transplant took place in France in 1988 – a fairly recent occurrence – where a young boy was cured of the life-threatening condition Fanconi anaemia, a hereditary disease that affects the bone marrow. Since then, more than 40,000...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Nov 3, 2019 | Stem Cell News
Cells4Life is one of the industry’s leading private cord blood banks. We currently store more than 150,000 cord blood samples for parents from the UK and over 50 other countries. Cells4Life cord blood bank was recently recognised by the American Association of Blood...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Oct 24, 2019 | Stem Cell News
A recent study performed by researchers at the University of California San Diego suggests that miniature human brain models grown from stem cells make brain waves like premature babies. The findings may shed some light on the behaviour of the developing brain and may...