Stem cells from cord blood "re-taught" the immune system T-cells in type one diabetics so that their pancreases began to produce insulin, thereby reducing the amount of insulin they need to inject. Dr. Yong Zhao from the University of Illinois at Chicago published these findings online in an open access journal.
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For more than 20 years, doctors have been using cells from blood that remains in the placenta and umbilical cord after childbirth to treat a variety of illnesses, from cancer and immune disorders to blood and metabolic diseases. Read the full article on Medical Xpress
In January 2012, Madeleine, 2, became the first child to undergo an experimental hearing loss treatment through an FDA-approved trial at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center that infused stem cells from her own banked cord blood into her damaged inner ear.
Studies have shown the fat-derived stem cell therapy has been startlingly successful in the treatment of osteoarthritis in pets and it is now being used on humans.
As reported last month, a cord blood sample processed and stored by Future Health Biobank has been released and transplanted into a sick teenager in Jordan.
Scientists have for the first time watched and manipulated stem cells as they regenerate tissue in an uninjured mammal, Yale researchers report July 1 online in the journal Nature.
Aplastic anemia patient Ricky Martinez returns home to Murrieta, California sooner than expected after receiving a cord blood transplant to stimulate new stem cell growth.
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