by Cells4Life Middle East | Feb 24, 2017 | Stem Cell News
An exciting stem cell milestone occurred in Australia recently, with a 20-month old baby becoming the world’s youngest child to receive a transplant of their own stem cells. The treatment used cord blood to treat type 1 diabetes. Researchers have only used cord...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Feb 22, 2017 | Stem Cell News
New research published in the journal Blood describes how a hormone called erythropoietin may be useful for improving the success rate of cord blood transplants. The research paper indicates that erythropoietin (EPO) may be able to improve the survival rate for...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Feb 19, 2017 | Stem Cell News
A young 4-year-old boy named Lincoln Honoway has survived a life-threatening form of anaemia, thanks to a stem cell transplant. Lincoln was diagnosed with a condition called aplastic anaemia when he was just an infant. This condition prevents the body from...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Feb 17, 2017 | Stem Cell News
Dr. Omar Aljitawi, an associate professor of Hematology/Oncology from the Wilmot Cancer Institute recently conducted a small clinical trial using cord blood as cancer therapy. It was the first human trial of its kind and its findings may lead to a dramatic...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Feb 15, 2017 | Stem Cell News
According to the World Health Organisation, congestive heart failure kills more than 17 million people per year globally. Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart does not pump blood as well as it should. A range of conditions can cause congestive...
