by Cells4Life Middle East | Jul 28, 2016 | Stem Cell News
Umbilical cord blood continues to save the lives of thousands of people each year. The hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) found in cord blood are particularly valuable and are used to treat nearly 80 life threatening diseases. A 16-year-old leukaemia patient from San...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Jul 26, 2016 | Stem Cell News
A young boy from Arizona has received a life-saving cord blood stem cell transplant to treat a myelodysplasic syndrome. Noah Swanson began contracting chronic ear infections at six months of age, which led to frequent trips to the paediatrician’s office. Antibiotics...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Jul 24, 2016 | Stem Cell News
Doctors at the Seattle Children’s hospital have managed to cure a young girl of cancer by using multiple stem cell transplants. The type of stem cell transplant they used was experimental and the positive outcome has excited researchers. Preschooler Katie Belle was...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Jul 21, 2016 | Stem Cell News
Teenagers are usually so busy having fun that they don’t get time to reflect on life. But when a teenager in the prime of their life suddenly becomes ill from a serious disease like Leukaemia, it puts everything into perspective. This was true for American...
by Cells4Life Middle East | Jul 19, 2016 | Stem Cell News
Doctors from Vietnam’s National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion successfully used a cord blood transplant to treat a young thalassaemia patient this week. Three-year-old boy Tran Gia Hung received a cord blood transplant to treat his thalassaemia, a...
