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Brodie’s sibling cord blood therapy for cerebral palsy
Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood, February 2022 If you ask Brodie how he got so strong, he has one answer, “Zoey’s blood”. His little sister’s

Researchers identify key regulator of blood stem cell development
Science Daily, January 28, 2022 A protein that masterminds the way DNA is wrapped within chromosomes has a major role in the healthy functioning of

Stem cell discoveries hold potential to improve cancer treatment
Science Daily, January 25, 2022 Two recent discoveries by stem cell scientists at Cedars-Sinai may help make cancer treatment more efficient and shorten the time

Lisa Maxson Story: Celebrating 10 Years Cancer Free thanks to Cord Blood Donors
Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood, January 2022 Lisa Maxson celebrated the 10th anniversary of her double cord blood transplant on 15 Dec. 2021. Her medical

Stem cell model of albinism to study related eye conditions
Science Daily, January 11, 2022 Use of patient-derived stem cells will enable high-throughput drug screening for potential therapeutics. Researchers have developed the first patient-derived stem

Surviving ‘butterfly disease’: long-term success of a new geneand stem-cell therapy for EB verified
Stem Cells Portal, December 17th, 2021 The skin is the largest organ of the human body. But what if the skin “disintegrates” at just the slightest

Surviving ‘butterfly disease’: long-term success of a new geneand stem-cell therapy for EB verified
Stem Cells Portal, December 17th, 2021 The skin is the largest organ of the human body. But what if the skin “disintegrates” at just the slightest

Cryopreserved Amniotic Membrane in the Treatment of Keratitis
Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood, December, 2021 Institute of Cell Therapy & Filatov Institute, Ukraine Advisory: At the end of this article is a series

Vladomir’s Story: Vision Restored by Umbilical Cord Tissue MSC
Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood, December 2021 Taras Petriv, MD PhD (QR-Health Solutions) & Frances Verter PhD What is a mother ready to do, whose

For children, young adults with recurrent AML, immunotherapy shows promise
Natural killer cells could help young patients with few treatment options Researchers have shown, in a small clinical trial, that an immunotherapy harnessing pre-activated natural