by Cells4Life Middle East | Jun 2, 2015 | Stem Cell News
TIME (Time Inc) reports that 22-day-old Zain Rajani is the world’s first baby born with the help of stem cells. It is hoped that this breakthrough IVF treatment invloving stem cells will greatly increase the success rate for in vitro fertilisation. One of the...
by Cells4Life Middle East | May 22, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Researchers in Australia have made a breakthrough in cerebral palsy research, thanks to umbilical cord blood. They have identified three types of stem cells in cord blood which may prevent the disease. Cerebral palsy is a condition where damage to the brain...
by Cells4Life Middle East | May 20, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Obstetricians are starting to see a dramatic increase in the number of parents who are storing their child’s umbilical cord blood and tissue. It was the case for Ashton Arbuckle, who was recently born at the City Hospital in Dubai. Within minutes of his...
by Cells4Life Middle East | May 16, 2015 | Stem Cell News
When 46-year-old Timothy Brown was the first person to be cured of HIV in 2007, it was a huge medical breakthrough. It was also a breakthrough made possible thanks to the unique regenerative capabilities of stem cells. Mr Brown was being treated for...
by Cells4Life Middle East | May 15, 2015 | Stem Cell News
An innovative new procedure involving umbilical cord blood stem cells has been used to treat a young woman with leukaemia. Daniela Lakosilova was first diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in 2007, at the young age of 12. Daniela underwent the...
by Cells4Life Middle East | May 8, 2015 | Stem Cell News
A grandfather of seven is the latest person to have been saved from cancer by a treatment using umbilical cord stem cells. 60-year-old David Pyrne was diagnosed with leukaemia in August 2012. David underwent a series of blood transfusions and chemotherapy...
