by Cells4Life Middle East | Sep 19, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Transplants using cord blood stem cells seem to be a fairly common occurrence in medicine today. The first successful cord blood transplant occurred 27 years ago, in 1988, when a young boy was successfully cured of Fanconi anaemia using the stem cells...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Sep 18, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Gail Fatato was one of millions of people plagued by osteoarthritis, a debilitating disease that causes joint inflammation and paint. Gail was diagnosed in her 20s after she experienced pain while working as an aesthetician. X-rays of her knees showed that she had...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Sep 17, 2015 | Stem Cell News
A recent breakthrough by scientists may have cured a disease that causes blindness in millions of people using stem cells. University of Oslo researchers have been using stem cells obtained from patient’s oral cavities to treat a blindness-causing illness. Limbal stem...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Sep 16, 2015 | Stem Cell News
A new paper published in the journal Stem Cell Reports suggests that there are intrinsic differences among neural stem cells (NSCs) found in mice. Scientists used time-lapse video techniques to observe key differences in the growth, differentiation rate and...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Sep 14, 2015 | Stem Cell News
Researchers have discovered that cord blood infusions are effective at treating babies with congenital hydrocephalus and can used on multiple occasions. The research paper looked at the 76 cases of patients who were given cord blood infusions and found the procedure...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Sep 13, 2015 | Stem Cell News
When 4-year old Charlotte “Charlie” Godish was asked to donate stem cells to her twin brother Bradley, she didn’t hesitate. Her response was simple, “Okay, I’ll do it. I want to help Bradley. Let me know when you need me.” A stem cell...
