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Baby girl’s cord blood gives new hope to curing sister’s aplastic anaemia

Published on: 22nd February 2018

Five-year-old Sun Lexuan, from China, is critically ill with the rare blood disorder, aplastic anaemia. Her parents made the decision to conceive her younger sister, Sun Yiwei, so that the umbilical cord blood could be used as treatment.

Cord blood stem cells offer promising autism treatment

Published on: 16th February 2018

A new and unique study by Stem Cells Translational Medicine shows noticeable improvements in socialisation in children with autism, when they were treated with their own cord blood stem cells.

5 important reasons to store volume reduced cord blood

Published on: 26th January 2018

Since the first cord blood samples were stored, scientists have removed the plasma and red blood cells before freezing (cryopreserving) the cord blood sample. This is known as volume reduced storage.

Possible tooth decay treatment with dental pulp stem cells

Published on: 11th January 2018

Research published by two university laboratories in China gives new hope to tooth decay sufferers. It shows that modified dental pulp stem cells could promote dental tissue regeneration.

Cord Blood Stem Cells used in Cerebral Palsy Treatment

Published on: 1st November 2017

Results of the latest study by Dr Joanne Kurtzberg give new hope to Cerebral Palsy sufferers, through use of cord blood stem cells.

Mrs Vrac & Mr Alitotti

Published on: 15th December 2016

Mrs Vrac, a nurse living in Ajaccio, has one child, born on the 19th of February 1998. Living with Mr. Aliotti, a male nurse, a baby girl was also born on the 11th of January 2016.

Alexandre and Raquel

Published on: 3rd October 2016

We have decided to use this approach with the hope that our children will never need to use stem cells, but it seems important to give them this extra option.